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BANGOR : 



ITS 



Points of Interest 



AND I T S 



Representative Business Men, 



INCLUDING AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BREWER. 



BY 



( . !•:< >; BACON 




NEWARK, N. J.: 

COPYRIGHTED BY 

Glenwood Publishing Company. 

1891. 



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EARLY HISTORY. 



It is less than 130 years since the first permanent settlement by 
white men was made upon the banks of the Penobscot, or long after 
towns had been established in other parts of the present State of Maine, 
very few of which possessed natural advantages comparable with those 
offered along the valley of Maine's noblest river, but these advantages, 
although appreciated to some extent by the English colonists in this region, were neutralized so far 
as they were concerned by the fact that the French held absolute and almost undisputed sway over 
the Penobscot country and would have quickly destroyed any English settlement in that section. 
The seventeenth century had barely opened when the French made their first appearance on the 
Penobscot, for they arrived as early as 1605, and subsequently made frequent visits, mainly for 
the purpose of establishing and extending trade relations with the Indians, with whom they were 
on the most amicable terms. The Penobscot Indians belonged to the famous Tarratine tribe, and 
as regards intelligence, knowledge, honor, skill and industry, were far above the average and had 
reached a degree of civilization paralleled by but very few other Indian tribes in the country. 
Hence they fully appreciated the advantages to be gained by trading with the French, and not 
only allowed them to traverse the country unmolested, but welcomed their coming and honorably 
fulfilled all trade and other agreements made with them. As the country was swarming with game, 
and the Penobscot and its tributaries yielded enormous quantities of fish, the region was capable 
of sustaining a very large savage population and contained many large Indian villages, one of the 
most important of which occupied the present site of Bangor. The Jesuits came near establishing 



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a mission here in 1613, but eventually decided to plant it at Mount Desert, which proved an unfor- 
tunate choice, as the settlement they made was utterly exterminated by pirates. In 1670, Baron 
de Castine came to this region from Canada and married a daughter of Madocawando, chief of the 
Tarratines. He established a trading post on the site of the present lovely town of Castine and 
gained great influence over the Indians, he residing here for some years and amassing a very con- 
siderable fortune. The legend is that he finally returned to his birthplace in Spain, accompanied 
by his bride, and the story is told by Longfellow in his poem "Baron Castine of St. Castine." 
There are many other equally romantic legends associated with the history of the Penobscot valley 




Bridge and River Front, from Brewer Side. 



prior to its occupation by the English, and that which places the site of the mysterious Norse city 
of Norembega at Bangor, or across the river in Brewer, is the most romantic of them all, but late 
discoveries have rendered it practically certain that this legend is but an idle tale of a superstitious 
and wonder-loving age, and it is now generally believed that Norembega was located on the Charles 
Eiver in Massachusetts. The French must have profited greatly by their ascendency in the Penob- 
scot region, for their traffic with the Indians became very extensive and was continued without 
serious hindrance for about 150 years, the first decisive step towards terminating it being taken in 
1758, when Governor Pownal, of Massachusetts, built and manned a fort on the promontory near 
the mouth of the Penobscot, now known as Fort Point. The next year witnessed the fall of Que- 
bec, and with the breaking of the power of the French a vast, rich and beautiful country was 
thrown open to English settlement ; but although the Tarratines and other Indians were nominally 
subjects of King George after the close of the war, their known affection for the French gave reason 



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to believe that they would forcibly oppose English occupation of their lands, and it was not until 
1764 that the first permanent settlement upon the river was made at what is now Bucksport. In 
1769, Jacob Buswell or Bussell, to use the present accepted style of spelling the name, took up 
his abode at the mouth of the Kenduskeag, and thus became the pioneer settler within the 
present limits of Bangor. The following spring he was joined by his brother Stephen and several 
others, so that the embryo Bangor mustered a population of about 20 in 1770. This same year a 
settlement was founded across the Penobscot at what is now Brewer, and as it became evident that 
there was little or nothing to fear from Indian attacks, the settlement and improvement of the 
country proceeded with comparative rapidity, although these early settlers in Bangor were merely 
squatters, they having no legal title to the land, but relying entirely upon the justice of their cause 
and the value of their work for security, that their hoidings and the fruits of their labor would be 
confirmed to them by the government when it was called upon to take action in the matter. Nor 
was their confidence abused, for in 1801 it was ordered by the Massachusetts General Court that 
every settler here before 1784 should have a deed of 100 acres of land on payment of five dollars, 
and every settler between 1784 and 1798 on payment of one hundred dollars. This favorable action 
was due in a great measure to the patriotic stand taken by the residents of Bangor, or rather of 
Cordeskeag, as it was then called, during the Revolution. It is true that they were not able to do 
much for the cause of freedom, for the fewness of their numbers, the narrowness of their means, 
and the remoteness of their location, combined to make their help of but little value. But they did 
the best they could, and bore their full share of the sufferings incidental to the struggle, many of the 
settlers taking up arms against the English, and the business of the plantation being almost entirely 
destroyed during the occupation of the Penobscot by the King's forces. 

With the conclusion of a treaty of peace, in 1783, the plantation took on a new lease of life, 
but its growth was by no means phenomenally rapid, and in the year 1791 — memorable as the date 
of the incorporation of the place as a town — it had a population of but 169. At this time it was 
generally known as Kenduskeag, its site having originally been named by the Indians Kadesquit, 
and the name having been changed by the whites to Kondeskeag and again to Kenduskeag. The 
Rev. Seth Noble, who had become the first settled minister in the plantation, in 1786, chose the 
name of Sunbury as one most appropriate for so beautifully located a settlement, and although 
opinions differ on the subject, it is generally understood that when he was delegated by the people 
to go to Boston and appear before the General Court for the purpose of procuring an act of incor- 
poration, it was expected that the new town would bear the name of Sunbury. But however this 
may be, the fact remains that the town was incorporated as Bangor, and there is but little doubt 
that it was so called in honor of the good old hymn-tune, which is known to have been a great 
favorite of the parson's, and to which are sung the impressive but not particularly inspiriting 
words — 

"Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound ! 

Mine ears, attend the cry— 
Ye living men, come view the ground 

Where you must shortly lie." 

The act of incorporation was passed February 28, 1791, and one of Bangor's most enterprising 
citizens made that year doubly notable by laying the keel of the first vessel larger than a boat ever 
built in this region. But although the residents of the town showed commendable energy in uti- 
lizing the resources of the region by carrying on ship-building, lumbering, fishing, farming and 
other industries, the population increased but slowly during the remainder of the decade, and in 
1800 amounted to only 277. A decided gain was made during the next ten years, the population 
amounting to 850 in 1810, and there is no doubt that the percentage of gain would have been equal 
to this during the succeeding decade, had it not been for the crippling of shipping interests by the 
conditions preceding and attending the war of 1812, and for the demoralization due to the occupation 



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of this region by British troops. During their stay in Bangor a large amount of property was 
destroyed, but the town quickly recovered from the effects of their visit, and after the close of the 
war made such marked progress that in 1820 the population had increased to 1,221. It was in this 
year that Maine was separated from Massachusetts, and during the following decade Maine in gen- 
eral and Bangor in particular profited greatly by the wide extension of the lumber interests, the 
town more than doubling its population and having 2,868 inhabitants in 1830. But this was only 
an earnest of what was to take place during the next few years, for now that the progress of civili- 
zation had fairly opened the way to the magnificent lumbering country which was destined to be- 
come tributary to Bangor's development, thousands came here to profit by the almost boundless 
opportunities for the remunerative employment of capital, skill and industry, and in four years 



the population increased more than 5,000 or nearly 200 per cent. Such phenomenal growth could 
not fail to attract attention all over the country, and it elicited many wondering tributes from the 
press — notably the following, which appeared in the New Orleans Bulletin, in 1831 : 

"The city of Bangor in the State of Maine is among the Eastern wonders of the world. But a 
few years ago — a very few years — it was but a humble, unimportant village. In 1830 it had not a 
population of 3,000, we believe. Now it is supposed to have 8,000 inhabitants, and it is the second 
town in the State in population. But a short time ago the country all around was a wilderness. 
Now busy and thriving villages are opening up in all directions, and the wilderness is blooming like 
the rose." 

It will be observed that Bangor is referred to as a city. Such in fact it had become, for the im- 
mense growth in population had rendered a change in the method of government imperative, and 
a city charter was granted February 12, 1834. 

And now, having very briefly outlined the origin and development of civilization in this region, 
let us proceed at once to a consideration of the Bangor of to-day. 





The Brewer Side of the Penobscot River. 



BANGOR AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



THE CITY OF BANGOR. 



It is the accepted custom to preface a description of a city by a statement of its latitude and 
longitude, and this is no doubt the most accurate manner of so fixing itsjposition as to allow com- 
parison of it to be made with that of other cities, but nevertheless were we to confine ourselves to 
the statement that Bangor is situated in latitude 44", 45 : North, and longitude 68° West, we would 
feel assured that we had left the great majority of our readers no wiser than before concerning that 




Bangor Watek Front, below Bridge. 



city's location, for most of us have very hazy ideas on the subject of latitude and longitude and 
could not tell, off-hand, from the above figures whether Bangor was in Maine or in Canada. To 
be more explicit, then, Bangor is located in the southern part of Penobscot County, of which it is 
the capital, and is on the west bank and at the head of ship navigation on the Penobscot, which is 
Maine's largest river. Bangor is about 60 miles from the ocean and about half that distance from 
the point where the Penobscot River enters the beautiful Penobscot Bay. The city is generally 
regarded as being ' ' away down East ' ' by residents of other sections of the Union and as a matter 
of fact it is the most easterly city of its size in the country, but in this connection it is well to 
remember that Bangor is the third city of Maine in population, and that measuring from east to 
west it occupies nearly the geographical centre of that great State. It is about 235 miles from 
Boston by water and about 250 miles by land, and in a general way it may be said to be about as 
far to the north and east of New England's metropolis as that is from the metropolis of the country, 
— New York City. Of course, the distances and direction are not exactly the same, but they cor- 
respond closely enough for purposes of comparison, and it is well to bear that fact in mind when 



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any question arises as to Bangor's situation as regards the mercantile centre of the nation. The 
city is distant 138 miles from Portland by rail, and a little more than 200 miles from St. John, UT. B., 
the express time over the 450 miles of railway between Boston and St. John being about 15 hours ; 
Bangor being about 8 hours ride from Boston and 7 hours from St. John. Passenger and freight 
transportation between Boston and Bangor is afforded also by a line of steamships famous even 
among American coastwise steamship lines for their staunchness, speed, and elegance and perfec- 
tion of equipment ; daily trips being made during the summer months and from two to four trips 
per week the rest of the year. There is also a steamship line to New York and to St. John, N. 
B., and steamboat service to Mt. Desert and the towns en route ; but the transportation facilities 
of Bangor are far too numerous and important to be dismissed in a paragraph and will be consid- 
ered in detail later on. Bangor is a port of entry and has one of the finest harbors possessed by 
any river port in the country, the Penobscot being both broad and deep opposite the city, which 
has a deep water frontage of about three miles, along which are many wharves and docks. The 
city of Brewer, directly opposite, is equally favored and equally well equipped as regards wharfage 
facilities, and for all practical purposes may be considered as belonging to the port of Bangor, 
although it is a separate municipality. 

But before going further into the subject of Bangor's advantages, natural and artificial, let us 
try to give some idea of the appearance of the city, for with prominent cities as with prominent 
men there is a general desire to know " what they look like," and although verbal descriptions 
are notoriously unsatisfactory, especially when close condensation is necessary, still by the aid of 
illustrations of important streets, buildings and points of interest we hope to succeed in enabling 
the non-resident reader to form some adequate conception of the Bangor of to-day, and thus be in 
a measure prepared to utilize the facts and figures bearing upon the city's commerce and man- 
ufactures in gaining a general idea of the probable Bangor of the future. 

The city extends along both shores of the Kenduskeag Stream and along the west bank of the 
Penobscot, both above and below the mouth of the Kenduskeag, the course of that stream during 
its passage through the township and the city proper being from the north-northwest. The land 
rises gradually from the rivers, thus affording many extensive and beautiful views, but there are 
level spaces on the Penobscot shore at the mouth of the Kenduskeag, which form the site of the 
main business portion of the city. A little ways up the Kenduskeag the banks become more 
elevated and rapidly increase in height and steepness until they take the form of a deep ravine, 
and present wild precipices, tangled shrubbery, sturdy wood-growth and all the elements of pictur- 
esque and changeful scenery. On the heights are broad, well-kept, and beautifully shaded streets 
on which are many handsome residences, the buildings being of almost all styles of architecture 
from the noble simplicity of the old mansion house to the curving angles and angular curves of 
the so-called " Queen Anne" type. Not that the pure air, expansive views, perfect drainage and 
other advantages of the heights are monopolized by the wealthy, on the contrary, modest but neat 
cottage houses abound, and it may be said in a general way that the residents of Bangor live on 
the high lands and reserve the low lying sections of the city for manufacturing and trade purposes. 
But it would be wrong to assume from this fact that these sections are unhealthful or destitute of 
proper drainage facilities, etc., for a well considered system of sewerage has been building for 
years and there are now more than 25 miles of sewers being utilized. It is true that these figures 
look small when compared to the more than 140 miles of streets which are open and surveyed, but 
the great majority of this large amount of roadway is in sparsely settled suburban districts and in 
regions where the natural drainage is amply sufficient to meet the wants of many times the pres- 
ent population. An adequate water supply is even more essential to health than is an adequate 
system of drainage, and in this highly important respect Bangor can safely challenge comparison 
with any other city of no greater population, while as regards quality, her water is equalled by 
that of but very few and surpassed by that of no other city in the world. So far as quantity is 



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concerned that is limited only by the capacity of the pumping facilities and mains, for the Penob- 
scot itself is the source of supply, and even were the daily consumption ten times what it now is 
it would have no appreciable effect upon that noble river, even at its lowest stage. The water 
works are planned on the well-known "Holly system," which was introduced here in 1876, at a 
total cost of about half a million dollars ; this including the cost of a dam, sluce and fish way, for the 
pumping machinery is driven by water power, the entire plant comprising 6 reciprocating pumps 
and one rotary pump, and having a nominal aggregate capacity of ten million gallons per diem. 
But this amount by no means indicates the limit to their power, for they are capable of supplying 
a very much larger quantity should occasion require, and as the average daily consumption of 




The Dam at High Water. 



water in both Bangor and Brewer (the latter city being also supiflied by these pumps) is but 
about one-third of the nominal capacity, it will be seen that there is ample reserve power to meet 
all possible contingences. The excellent quality of the water has been demonstrated by scientific 
analysis, so there is no guess-work about the statement that it is equal to that supplied to any 
other city, but even had such analysis never been made one would have been justified in giving this 
water a high comparative position, for there is practically nothing to contaminate the swift -flowing 
Penobscot above Bangor, its sources are in the midst of the wild woodlands and mountains of 
northern Maine and its cold, pure waters rival those of many a famous spring in their attractions 
to the eye and to the taste, and make it easy to understand why ice from this stream should have 
the reputation of being the purest and most wholesome river ice that the market affords. 

It would be strange, indeed, if a city which had shown such liberality and intelligence in ob- 



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taining a water supply should not be able to make a favorable showing in connection with means 
of fire fighting, and the showing made by Bangor is not only favorable but phenomenal, when it is 
considered that great lumber mills and other "extra hazardous" establishments are common in 
the city. It is true that all the steam mills have powerful fire apparatus of their own, while those 
run by water power are comparatively secure from danger by fire, especially as electricity is very 
generally used as an illuminant throughout Bangor, but much credit is due nevertheless to the fire 
department and to the good sense and liberality shown in the distribution of hydrants and the 
furnishing of improved apparatus, including half a dozen hose carriages, three powerful steamers, 
and a hook and ladder truck. The city is well covered by a fire alarm telegraph on the Gamewell 
system, and the houses containing the fire apparatus are connected by telephone. But, more im- 
portant than all, the department is well manned and ably commanded ; its discipline is excellent 
and it does its work with remarkable promptness and efficiency. 

We have said that electricity is very generally used for illuminating purposes in Bangor and so 
indeed it is, — more generally perhaps than in any other city in proportion to population. This is 
due to the fact that resident manufacturers and other business men have been quick to appreciate 
the advantages of the electric light and that they in particular and the public in general have been 
quick also to see the advantages of having the light furnished by the city and have brought about 
that most desirable consummation, — thereby setting an example which many other communities 
might profitably follow. The service afforded by the original company was excellent, and in com- 
parison with that given in other cities was moderate in cost, so we mean to cast no reflection upon 
the men who provided it when we say that the present service is better and cheaper, for this su- 
periority is inherent to the system of public control when ably and honestly conducted ; and the 
results attained in Bangor have attracted attention at Boston and at other large cities throughout 
the country, and have caused many a community to take measures to furnish its own electric 
lighting service. Illumination is also provided by the Bangor Gas-light Company, and as a whole 
the city ranks among the best lighted in New England. An electric street railway furnishes ad- 
ditional evidence that Bangor is fully " up to the times ;" it connecting the two depots and extend- 
ing through some of the principal business and residental streets. There is not so much need of 
a street railway here as there is in many cities of no greater or even less population, for Bangor is 
not " a city of magnificent distances,'' the business interests and the bulk of the population being 
compacted within comparatively narrow limits, although there is no approach to overcrowding ; 
but Americans as a people are not over fond of walking and, besides, " time is money " in this 
busy and prosperous city, so the railway is well patronized and the service is reasonably frequent 
and as a rule very reliable. 

But many residents are not obliged to depend upon the " electrics" to relieve them from the ne- 
cessity of walking, for a large proportion of the inhabitants have equipages of their own, and it is 
has even been said that the proportion of carriages owners exceeds that of any other New England 
community. This may be due to the comparative wealth of the citizens combined with the fact 
that horses may be kept here more cheaply than in most cities, but it is unquestionably due in a 
great measure to the beauty and variety of the drives in the vicinity for these are so pleasant and 
so many in number that one never tires of them, — and besides there is no lack of agreeable 
society which would make even the most monotonous ride, so far as scenery is concerned, a most 
pleasurable experience. But perhaps it is hardly fair to mention this in a summary of Bangor's 
natural advantages, although like evidence that is "ruled out" by legal dictum, it is bound to 
have its effect just the same. One of the most enjoyable drives is through various city streets to 
Kenduskeag avenue, which runs along the high bank of the industrious but romantic and pictur- 
esque Kenduskeag stream and affords many lovely views. From what we have let fall before con- 
cerning the precipitous banks of this river the experienced reader has doubtless had warning of 
what is coming, so we may as well confess at once ; yes, there is a particularly high and steep 



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precipice ; there is a legend associated with it : that legend does concern a buck and a squaw, — 
beg pardon, we mean an Indian youth and maiden. — and that precipice is known as the " Lover's 
Leap."' We had, deliberately and with malice aforethought purposed to inflict this legend upon 
our readers and had even determined to give it in its most deadly form, — as a poem of eight long 
verses — but our heart failed us at the critical moment and we will give only the last stanza, together 
with the paragraph which follows it in the town history from which we quote, — said paragraph 
being perhaps intended to bring the enraptured reader back to earth and anchor him there, — : 

•'In answer her hand pressed his own, 

Together they turned toward the stream, 
Till they stood on the cliff high and lone, 

Like a moonlit vision or dream. 
A moment two figures as one 

Were darkly portrayed on the sky; 
Then a plunge through the air— it was done ; 

Twas the depth of their love e'en to die." 

"The surface of Kenduskeag is quite even and is easily cultivated. It is accounted a good 
agricultural town." The drive along Kenduskeag avenue is but one of many equally beautiful, 
but we will not mention others, first, because this is not intended as a guide book, and second, be- 
cause half the fun of driving comes from choosing your own roads and thus adding the charm of 
uncertainty to that of novelty. But don't neglect to take advantage of the opportunity afforded 
by a business or pleasure trip to Bangor to take some of the pleasantest drives in the State, and 
there is the less excuse for neglect on account of there being various excellent livery stables in the 
city, where good teams may be obtained at fair rates. Of course, summer and fall are the pleas- 
antest seasons for driving, but at these times the many charming steamboat excursions to points 
along the Penobscot and on the coast present strong counter attractions — which is one reason why 
a large proportion of the driving in Bangor and vicinity is done during the winter months, although 
the charms of ' -good sleighing," alight cutter and a speedy nag require no adventitious aid to 
secure appreciation. The fact is, Bangor is a delightful place to live in or to visit at any time of 
year, and this is the opinion not alone of those whose opportunities for comparison have been lim- 
ited, but also of cosmopolitan — men whose judgments have the weight due to experience and cul- 
ture — and in this connection we may appropriately print a short extract from a letter to the London 
World, by a distinguished English clergyman : 

"It may be that my visit to Bangor is made under exceptionally favorable circumstances, but 
it seems to me a most desirable place of residence. In summer-time the heat is never so oppressive 
as in Boston and New York. In winter, when the rivers are blocked with ice, sleighing, skating 
and all kinds of out-door exercise develop the social life of the place to such an extent as to make 
the winter at Bangor, severe though it is, the most enjoyable time of the year. ^ * * There 
are fourteen churches here, most efficient schools, large public halls, fine stores and capacious 
hotels. The streets are more or less hilly, with an orderly irregularity which adds very much to 
the charm of the place. % % ^ I have explored almost every street, and failed to find any 
really poor people — people, that is, who are in doubt as to where the necessaries of life are to come 
from. Nor have I seen anything like open drunkenness, although for several days the militia of 
the State have been encamping here — an event which brought together great crowds from the sur- 
rounding districts. * % ~ 

"Bangor is a good illustration of the fact that the absence of a State-established religion tends 
to soften down the asperities of sectarianism. In this city we have denominationalism without 
sectarianism. It has been my privilege, in making a longer stay here than at any other point on 
my travels, to receive invitations to social gatherings which have enabled me to form a pretty 
deliberate judgment on this question ; and it has been unspeakably gratifying to me to discover 
that social intercourse is not at all confined within denominational lines. Congregationalists, Bap- 
tists, Unitarians, Episcopalians, mingle without the slightest reserve or constraint : and all have 
done me the honor of attending the services that I have conducted. * * ^ 



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"People who suppose that 'Down East' is a synonym for semi-civilization, as we sometimes hear 
in England, would be utterly astonished at the intelligence, refinement, culture and wealth of 
Bangor. I suppose that, in proportion to the number of inhabitants, there are more people here 
who keep some sort of carriage than in any other town in New England. This riding everywhere 
seems to me one of the mistakes made by Americans. If they have to go out the distance of a 
mile, they order out a horse, and ride, and then suppose they have been 'taking exercise.' * # 
"I am sure of one fact — that we shall quit Bangor and its immense lumber wharves, its hills 
and dales and pleasant waters, with very great regret. Nowhere have we encountered so many 
English-looking faces, nowhere had access to so many pleasant homes, nowhere met with such lavish 
hospitality. Our natures would be cold indeed if we did not henceforth number among our friends 
some of those who have done all that in them lay to make us feel 'at home' on American soil ; and 
we strongly advise any of our readers who may be contemplating a trip to these shores to put 
Bangor down among the cities ..to be visited." 

Bangoe's Attractions to Sportsmen and Tourists. 

Every city of any importance is many-sided, or in other words, owes its prominence to no one 
cause, but rather to many and in most cases to widely diverse causes, but in some respects Bangor 
stands alone in diversity of attractions, for it is certainly a unique city, which is at once remark- 
able for refinement and for wildness ; for the possession of the very latest "modern improvements" 
and for the fresh charms possible only in country life — and it must be a severe strain upon the 
credulity of one entirely unacquainted with Bangor when he is asked to believe that the second 
Maine city in valuation and the third in population furnishes the best salmon fishing to be had in 
New England, and that at a point not widely remote from the center of trade, but only a mile or so 
from factories and residences. Yet this is one of the few "fish stories" which are literally and 
exactly true, although it is so absurdly improbable that were it not a matter of common knowledge 
no man having any regard for his reputation for veracity would dare to tell it among strangers. 
For some yeais the Penobscot has been the only salmon river on the Atlantic coast of the United 
States, and a large and profitable business is done during the "open season" by those engaged in 
supplying the New York, Boston and other markets with the king of fish — many tons of salmon 
being shipped from this river every year — but the market fishermen had always depended upon 
weirs, nets, traps and such gear, and it is but a few years ago that the first salmon was taken with 
rod and fly from the pool below the waterworks dam, this important event having occurred in the 
spring of 1885. And we call it an important event in all soberness, for important it most certainly 
was, to sportsmen, to dealers in sporting supplies, to transportation companies, to hotel keepers 
and other Bangor business men, and in fact to all parties concerned — not forgetting the salmon 
himself. During the remainder of the season many more salmon, some being of noble proportions, 
were killed in the same way in the same pool, and as the fishing has thus far averaged well every 
year, every April sees many a professional man or merchant turn a deaf ear to clients, and listen 
not to the voice of the charmer offering or seeking "bargains," but pack his grip and start forth- 
with for Bangor, unnecessarily spurring his too willing spirit with the reflection that cases can be 
"continued" and trades can be postponed, but salmon and the open season wait for no man. At 
the close of the summer Bangor is invaded by a still more numerous and enthusiastic detachment 
of the noble army of sporting men, for nearly every party en route to the great wilderness of 
northern and eastern Maine visits this city, first because it is on the most direct and desirable 
route to that region, and second because it is the headquarters so far as Maine is concerned for 
sportsmen's supplies of all kinds. And indeed we are not sure but that restriction is too narrow, 
for the Bangor dealers in sporting goods are so numerous, so well-informed and so enterprising, 
and carry such large and complete stocks of the best articles the market affords that not Boston it- 
self can surpass this city in advantages offered to purchasers of hunting and fishing supplies, and 
the fact that the most experienced sportsmen, including those who come from New York, Boston 



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and other large cities defer their purchases until Bangor is reached, affords the best possible 
proof that both the goods and the prices are ''right" in every respect. We mention this especially 
because some coming here for the first time put themselves to unnecessary trouble and expense 
by bringing along a lot of supplies that could have been bought in Bangor for as little if not less 
than was paid for them in the distant city from whence they came, the buyers judging from sad 
experience in some other sporting region that exorbitant prices would be charged them if they 
waited until reaching Bangor before making their purchases. But this suspicion is absolutely 
groundless, because even were our local dealers disposed to exact extravagant profits they would 




West Market Square. 



be deterred from doing so by self-interest, for hundreds of sportsmen revisit the city year after 
year, and it goes without saying that imposition would result in the total withdrawal of their pat- 
ronage. 

The hunting and fishing resorts accessible from Bangor are so numerous that a mere list of 
them would take up more space than is here available, while if we were to venture to point out 
those which in our judgment are the best we would call down upon our devoted head the indignant 
or contemptuous denunciations of many who differ from us ; for nothing touches the dyed-in-the-wool 
sportsman more nearly than to have his pet hunting or fishing grounds passed by as unworthy of 
notice. Suffice it to say that the vicinity of Bangor and the country to which it is the gateway 
afford unequailed opportunity for about all kinds of fresh water fishing, and for large and small 
game shooting; partridge, plover, woodcock, duck, etc., being abundant within a few hours' drive 



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of the city, while deer are more numerous every year, and bears are sometimes too numerous and 
decidedly too self-assertive to please that class of sportsmen who have too much respect for the 
ternal fitness of things to enjoy being hunted instead of hunting. Moose and caribou must be- 
sought, of course, in the wilderness, and they are very seldom sought in vain by a party under 
competent guidance. 

While considering the attractions offered by this city and section to lovers of out door sports 
it would be an unpardonable omission to pass over Maple wood Park, the property of the Eastern 
Maine State Pair Association, and one of the best situated and equipped fair grounds and driving 




Union Street, Near Main Street. 

parks in New England. The premises occupy a sightly eminence at Maplewood, a mile from Ban- 
gor's business centre, and command a wide view of the city, harbor and country adjacent. A large 
and representative fair is held here every fall, it being one of the notable events of the year through- 
out Maine and attracting swarms of visitors from all over the State, not to mention many from 
adjoining States and the Provinces. The display of blooded stock is especially fine, and the exhi- 
bition of speedy horses in trotting and running races is so interesting and exciting that it is whis- 
pered that many who visit the fair professedly to concentrate their attention upon mammoth 
squashes and other notable but uninspiring exhibits, become so confused during the turmoil pre- 
ceding atrial of speed that they involuntarily follow the crowd, and may be seen later occupying 
conspicuous positions in the grand stand and doing their full share towards making things lively 
at a critical moment in an unusually hot 1 'heat." But this is perhaps a libel, although many of 
the contests are so exciting that the most phlegmatic individual could be pardoned for "losing his 
head" during their progress. 



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In summer, Maplewood Park is utilized for base ball, polo, bicycle races and other sports, and 
may justly be classed among Bangor's most popular and cherished " institutions." Nor is there 
any lack of amusements during the winter months ; on the contrary, the dramatic entertainments, 
balls, lectures, concerts and private social meetings are so many and attractive that one who has 
passed a winter here would be puzzled to decide whether summer or winter was the more attractive 
season. The Bangor Opera House is the finest in the state, and, as Bangor is a famous " show 
town," in theatrical parlance, the very best of the stars and combinations making the eastern cir- 
cuit appear in this city. There is no opening here for " barn stormers," and they wisely give Ban- 




Matn Street and Opera House. 



gor a wide berth, for the road home is long and toilsome and the railway ties are most incon- 
veniently spaced for pedestrian travel. But a really good attraction is assured a hearty reception 
and liberal support, and an actor or a singer who has once gained Bangor's good will may depend 
upon being favorably remembered and warmly greeted as long as he does justice to his reputation. 

And now a word in regard to hotels, for it is an unpOetical but very solid truth that the enjoy- 
ment of the best class of entertainments, the most cultured and genial society, and the finest scenic 
and other attractions may be and too often is neutralized by unsatisfactory hotel accommodations, 
for how many tourists have called to mind that famous line "where every prospect pleases and 
only man is vile," when they turned from a beautiful view to partake of a sole leather beefsteak, 
or lie down in a bed that might have been useful during the Spanish inquisition, but deserves no 
place outside a torture chamber. The hotel accommodations at Bangor are not merely good, they 
are excellent, and their excellence extends throughout the service, the sleeping accommodations, 
the cuisine and the attendance being all that could be reasonably desired. As regards capacity, we 
will simply say there are four large hotels in town and various small ones, and, although candor 
compels the statement that some of the latter call to mind the small boy's definition, — "A hotel is 
a place you has to go to when you aint got no home " — it is, nevertheless, a fact that even among 



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the smaller houses there are hotels which will not suffer by comparison with any in the country 
making no greater pretensions. Bangor contains some first-class restaurants, too, besides private 
boarding-houses of all grades, from excellent to appalling. In short, the visitor can live expen- 
sively or very cheaply, and the accommodations are such that it is his own fault if he doesn't get 
full value for every cent he spends. 

A city that was named by its first settled minister in honor of his favorite hymn tune certainly 
ought to offer suitable opportunities for divine worship, and Bangor fulfills its obligations in this 
respect, there being some eighteen churches in the city representing the Advent, Baptist, Free 




The Y. M. C. A. Building. 



Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, Unitarian and Universalist de- 
nominations. Religious services are maintained also by the Bangor Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, which was organized January 1, 1881, incorporated February 27, 1882, and has done such 
good work as to gain the hearty cooperation of the entire public, irrespective of religious beliefs, 
and has thus been enabled to celebrate the tenth year following its organization by the completion 
of a large, handsome and substantial brick building, very complete in its appointments, devoted 
entirely to the uses of the association, and unequalled by any structure in the state utilized for kin- 
dred purposes. It was designed by a young Bangor architect, whose plans were submitted in com- 
petition with those of prominent architects of Boston, New York and other cities, and as the plans 
were unmarked by the names of the contestants, all suspicion of favoritism was avoided, the build- 
ing committee being wholly unaware that the choice had been in favor of a local architect until after 
the award had been made. In fact, the building is a representative Bangor production, for as has 
well been said in a descriptive article published in the IndustrialJournal : "Among its noteworthy 
features, there is none more important and gratifying, or more creditable to its builders, than the 
fact that it was projected, designed and built by Bangor brains, Bangor capital and Bangor labor, 
and constructed as far as it could be of materials produced in Bangor. Even the money required 



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was made in Bangor. ' ' The work of the association is similar to that of other societies of the same 
name located in the principal cities throughout the country, supplemented by service especially 
adapted to local conditions, as, for instance, the distribution of religious literature among sailors. 
An excellent gymnasium, equipped with the most improved appliances, is a prominent feature of 
the new building, and is but one of many provisions made to attract and hold the young by every 
legitimate means and to aid in building up of sound minds in sound bodies. 

Speaking of the building up of minds suggests mention of the Bangor Public Library, which 
includes 25,000 skilfully selected volumes, and is the public library of Maine. It had its origin 
with the birth of the Bangor Mechanics' Association, in 1828, the greater part of the collection of 




Foot of State Street, from Broadway. 



books being conveyed to the city a few years ago by that organization. What is known as the 
"{Hersey Fund " was applied by the city to the maintenance of the library, and, as the amount of 
this fund exceeds .$100,000, the institution has abundant means, which are very effectively utilized. 
The management does not escape criticism, of course, for when the day comes that the management 
of a public library is universally admitted to be satisfactory, the milleninum will be so close at 
hand that there will be no further use for books or other agencies of culture, but it may be truth- 
fully said that the administration of affairs is intelligent and efficient, and does much to maintain 
and extend the usefulness and popularity of the institution. Another extensive and valuable library 
is that possessed by the Bangor Historical Society, it including certain documents and manuscripts 
of the greatest possible interest and importance. The society also has a valuable collection of 
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relics, and as it thankfully accepts all letters, pamphlets, books and articles bearing upon 
" ye golden tyme " and provides a safe place of custody for them, its historical treasures are stead- 
ily increasing in number. The Bangor Theological Seminary has a very fine library, and looks back 
upon a period of active usefulness extending over about three-quarters of a century, it having been 
founded in 1817. Many able and famous champions of Christianity received their early training at 
this institution, which is open to members of every evangelical denomination, and provides 
instruction to about fifty students each year. The public schools of Bangor are worthy of a city 
which possesses the best public library in Maine, or in other words, are not surpassed by those of 
any city in the country, population considered. "We know that this latter statement has a most 
hackneyed sound, for it is the regular thing to say when speaking of the schools of any New Eng- 
land city, but in the case of Bangor it becomes a literal statement of fact, for it is impossible to 
point out a city whose population does not considerably exceed 20,000, that maintains a more com- 
prehensive, valuable and practically efficient system of public instruction. Undoubtedly a still 
better showing would be made were there no private nor parochial schools in the city, but Bangor 
is not singular in this respect, and taking things as they are and not as they might be, the 
unprejudiced judge is obliged to admit that the citizens have excellent excuse for the pride they 
manifest in their public schools. 

Man is pre-eminently a social animal, the philosophers tell us, and certain it is that the genus 
homo as found in Bangor is sociable enough to fully bear out that statment, — one evidence of the 
prevailing sociability being the number and large membership of the local societies. Comparisons 
are not only odious but dangerous at times, and it would be a bold, not to say fool-hardy indi- 
vidual, who would venture to classify Bangor's social organizations in the order of their merit and 
importance, but there is no doubt that the Tarrative Club is the representative social society of 
Bangor, and its hospitality is so generous and so memorable that it is safe to say that those who 
have once experienced it are not at all liable to forget Bangor and one of her most exclusive and at 
the same time most popular institutions. The membership of the club includes one hundred of the 
representative professional and business men of the city, and if distinguished guests do not carry 
away most pleasant remembrances of the Queen City of the east, it is not for lack of cordial recep- 
tion and hospitable entertainment. An entire page would be required to give the names (to say noth- 
ing of the aims) of the other organizations, including Masons, Odd Fellows, and many other orders, 
military societies, art societies, farmers' societies, musical organizations, etc., not forgetting the lar- 
gest Grand Army Post in the state, but suffice it to say they are numerous enough and active enough 
to exert a very powerful influence, are varied enough to suit all tastes and circumstances, and, as a 
whole, go very far to supplement Bangor's other advantages as a place of residence. But there is 
one society that must be given special mention, for, although but one of many established through- 
out the eastern states of late years, it is of particular importance by reason of the character even 
more than of the magitude of its work. This is the Bangor Loan and Building Association, organ- 
ized on the lines of the building associations of Pennsylvania and the " co-operative banks " of 
Massachusetts. It was founded in March, 1886, and has been a marked and ever- increasing suc- 
cess from the start, for the effect of its work has been and is : 

" To make those save who never saved before, 
While those who always saved, now save the more." 

By encouraging and making possible the building of homes, it has substantially increased the 
city's valuation, and, what is more important, has done more to make good citizens than all the 
" societies for the promotion of good citizenship " that were ever organized. 



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MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 

Although every ordinarily well-informed person knows that Bangor is an important manufac- 
turing centre, it is assumed by many that all her important manufacturing establishments have to 
1 do with the lumber business. Let a man become known as a humorist and he finds it difficult to make 
people believe he is capable of serious conversation, and let a city become known as a great lum- 
ber manufacturing centre and the chances are ten to one that when first you hear that shoe man- 
ufacturing is also largely carried on there you will hastily assume that they are wooden shoes, for 
export. Yet the shoes made in Bangor are so far from being " wooden" that they compare favor- 
ably with any of similar grade in the market as regards style, comfort, etc., and their merit is so 
firmly and generally established that the demand for them has steadily increased until, for some 
years back, the manufacture of footwear has ranked second only to the lumber business so far as 
its importance to Bangor is concerned. The industry is in the hands of keenly enterprising men, 
and some half a dozen years ago a Bangor moccasin manufacturer brought out a new style that 
soon became the most popular slipper in the market, and under the odd and attractive name of 
" Wigwam Slipper" became so widely and favorably known that it may be said to have run all over 
the country. The manufacture of wigwam slippers was not long monopolized by Bangor houses, 
but their productions led all the rest both in quantity and quality and as they were and are shipped 
to the west they have had and are having decided influence in the direction of extending Bangor's 
business reputation. Lumbermen's and farmer's boots are also very extensively manufactured in 
this city and it is said that the goods are unequalled for strength, durability and general adapta- 
tion to the purposes for which they are especially designed. 

Another highly important branch of production is that of custom and ready-made clothing, the 
out-put being large in amount and generally excellent in quality, and still another notable industry 
is that of the manufacture of proprietary medicines, flavoring extracts and some of the great 
variety of articles coming under the head of " druggist's sundries." Certain of the proprietary 
remedies prepared in this city have not only a national reputation but are in active demand abroad, 
and the aggregate of the annual sales of Bangor patent medicines and other druggist's goods ap- 
proximates a quarter of a million of dollars. Cigar making gives promise of becoming an industry 
of paramount importance in this section, its development during the past decade having been 
phenomenally rapid, for ten years ago the total value of the annual product did not exceed $25,000, 
while now it is more than eight times that amount. 

The "Bangor top-buggies " have long been widely and favorably known, their sale extending to 
nearly all parts of the country and their reputation being second to that of no similar vehicles in 
the market. Other varieties of top carriages are also produced here, together with wagons, carts, 
light and heavy sleighs and pungs, and the city may be called the headquarters for carriage and 
wagon repairing throughout this section as the local manufacturers have unequalled facilities for 
the doing of such work. Harnesses are extensively manufactured, not only for the local and 
suburban but also for the Western trade, and trunks, travelling bags, sample cases, etc., are also 
largely produced, the great bulk of the product being sold to the wholesale trade. The grist mills, 
salt and plaster works, etc. , located in the city and suburbs and controlled by Bangor houses are 
many in number and extensive in capacity, and are a decided benefit to the public in general and 
to farmers and fishermen in particular ; a large proportion of the salt being shipped to the fishing 
villages along the eastern New England coast. A full line of the " temperance drinks " which 
have become so popular of late years is manufactured and bottled by the half-dozen establishments 
carrying on that business in this city ; the neighboring towns and coast resorts being almost ex- 
clusively supplied by them. Furniture manufacturing and finishing are quite extensively carried 
on, and iron-working long has been and still is a representative industry. Among the more im- 
portant articles coming under this head produced here are steam engines, mill machinery, steam 



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boilers, tanks and other plate iron work, water wheels, heavy and light eastings, stoves and hollow 
ware, steam and hot water heating apparatus; and. there are many other metallic products of 
greater or less importance, including galvanized cornices and conductors, tin ware and sheet iron 
work, plumber's supplies, etc. In connection with this brief summary of Bangor's machine and 
other metallic products it should be said that the only iron furnace in Maine is owned and operated 
by a Bangor company, so that the enterprise may properly be classed among the representative 
undertakings of the city, although the mines and works are about fifty miles from Bangor. The 




Exchange Street, Looking Toward River. 



main office is located here and is directly connected by rail and telegraph with the works. The 
product is a charcoal iron of the very highest grade, and is especially well fitted for use in the 
manufacture of car wheels, as is proved by the fact that it is supplied to the leading car wheel 
manufactories throughout the country. It is also largely used for other purposes, and its uniformly 
excellent quality enables it to easily hold a foremost position among other varieties of American 
made charcoal iron. The entire product is shipped from this port during the navigation season, 
and at other times it goes through by rail to some point on Penobscot Bay where there is open 
water. The future of this enterprise would seem to be assured, for the supply of ore is practically 
unlimited as is the supply of fuel adjacent to the works ; cheap and reliable transportation is 
afforded by a railroad to tide-water fifty miles distant, where very favorable freight rates may be 
obtained ; and the extended and high reputation of the product is a guarantee that the demand for 
it is not only permanent but may reasonably be expected to steadily increase. Another Bangor 
industry that is already important and is destined to largely increase with the progress of years 
is that of brick making, for the bricks produced in this city and vicinity are of unsurpassed quality, 
and the demand for them is sure to keep pace with the development of this section, for the wooden 
factory and mercantile buildings now almost universal will eventually be replaced by more sub- 
stantial structures, and experience has demonstrated that a good quality of brick combines more 



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desirable qualities than any other building material. The Bangor brick are noted especially for 
their beauty and uniformity of color, smoothness and durability and are supplied in all grades, 
although but comparatively few pressed brick have as yet been manufactured, the great bulk of the 
product being common brick of superior quality. Granite and marble working is largely engaged 
in by some half a dozen Bangor concerns, and the product comprises about all grades of cemetery, 
ornamental, building and paving work. Earthen ware and stone ware are quite largely produced, 
the product including sewer and drain pipe of superior quality. Other important articles which 



are largely handled by Bangor firms are leather and tannery products in (general ; wool and wool 
skins, hides, furs, etc., paper boxes (of which all styles and grades are made), soaps, candles, 
tallow, etc., roofing slates; saws, edge-tools and files, and lumbermen's driving tools; hay and 
country produce in general. Confectioner's and baker's goods are very largely produced here, 
and the wholesale trade in these articles extends over the greater part of New England. 

The entire number of wholesale manufacturing establishments located in Bangor exceeds 300, and 
these establishments are devoted to more than 100 different industries, but yet these figures fall 
far short of fairly representing Bangor's rank in the industrial world, as many of the largest mills 
and factories that are really carried on by Bangor concerns are located oiitside the city. It would 
be an easy matter to make a most imposing showing — on paper — by counting in the many minor 
but still important industries to be found in every city and especially in cities which, like Bangor, 
are centres of supply for many adjacent towns. It is true that many reports of the industrial and 
trade interests of cities and towns include all such enterprises without making special mention of 
the fact, and the compilers of some of the more eulogistic of these reports display an industry and 
ingenuity worthy of a better cause in misleading their readers by swelling the industrial assests of 
the place under discussion in every possible way. It is said that a destructive railway collision 




Exchange Street, Looking Toward Hill. 



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which occured in a western town was turned to good account by the compiler of an' 'official" 
account of the town's manufactures which appeared shortly after, he stating: "value of kindling- 
wood produced by steam power in town during the year, $59,840.25." 

The facilities for the building and repairing of wooden vessels possessed by the port of Bangor 
are well worthy of favorable mention in a consideration of her present and probable future, altho' 
the subject is not an altogether safe one to tackle, as many estimable gentlemen are so thoroughly 
convinced that wooden ship building has proved the bane of the State during the past thirty years 
that the mere sight of a ship-yard has an effect upon them similar to that of a red rag on a bull. 
It is doubtless true that great harm has been done the interests of Maine by the action or rather 
inaction of those who have waited year after year for a return to the former palmy days of ship- 
building, but it is also true that the business has experienced a decided revival during the past 
five years, and although it would be absurd to expect a return to the original condition of things, it 
would be equally absurd to deny the evidence of one's senses and refuse to profit by the manifest 
opportunities for profitable work, especially when no additional outlay is called for, but merely a 
utilization of facilities already provided. The nature of these latter is clearly and succinctly stated 
in the following extract from one of the several valuable publications of the Bangor Board of Trade : 

"Material and skilled labor are abundant, and as cheap as at any port in the country ; large 
stocks of spars, knees, hard-pine and other timber, tree nails of all kind, etc., are always on hand, 
and metal for ships' bottoms can be bought here as cheaply as in Boston. There are sail and rig- 
ging lofts fully equipped for every department of work in their line upon an extensive scale, and 
sbipsmiths, blockmakers and other ship mechanics as skilled in their trades as can be found any- 
where. There are two marine railways, one having a capacity for hauling up a thousand-ton ship, 
and a canal especially for re-topping vessels. There are also good beaches with first-class facili- 
ties for cleaning and repairing vessels' bottoms. In fact all the facilities for ship-building and re- 
pairing are first-class, and the vessels built here in the past are not excelled in either model or con- 
struction by those of any port in the world." 

THE LUMBER INTERESTS. 

Although considerable space has been taken up with this bare mention of Bangor's manufacturing 
enterprises, by far the most important of them all — those having to do with the production of 
lumber and of wooden articles in general — have not been touched upon at all, so it will be seen 
that the too commonly accepted idea than Bangor is almost exclusively a lumber manufacturing 
city is greatly at variance with the facts. It is not our purpose to go into detail concerning the 
lumber interests of Bangor, the mission of this brief and necessarily imcomplete sketch being rather 
to emphasize the other and less generally appreciated resources of the city and section, but it may 
be said that the value of the annual product of long and short lumber approximates two and a half 
millions of dollars, this, of course, being exclusive of the product of the moulding and planing 
mills, door, sash and blind factories, box and box shook factories, novelty turning and wood- 
working mills, and ladder factories located throughout the city and suburbs. Barrels, heads ; 
staves and hoops are largely produced, as are last-blocks, spool-wood, excelsior, brush handles 
and backs, and many other wooden articles, and Bangor merchants are also prepared to furnish 
first-class ship timber, spars, etc., at favorable rates, and in short to fully maintain the city's, 
reputation as the leader in all pertaining to lumber and the various products incidental to the 
carrying on of lumbering and lumber manufacturing and tributary enterprises on the largest scale 
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THE ICE BUSINESS. 

''Don't worry about the future of Maine," said a prominent United States senator in the course 
of a recent interview. "You can't get ahead of those Down Easters. A people who not only 
utilize their magnificent rivers to the fullest extent in connection with lumbering, manufacturing, 
transportation, fishing and other industries, but pack them up and ship them south during the 
season whim they cannot otherwise be profitably employed, are fully able to take care of them- 
selves, and may be relied upon to make such good use of the natural advantages of their State as to 
keep it well to the front, no matter how rapidly other sections of the country may advance." This 
reference to the ice business of Maine is a well-deserved tribute to the energy and enterprise of 
those who have built it up to its present enormous proportions within comparatively few years, 
and have ensured its future prosperity by establishing such large and efficient plants as to enable 
them to cut, store and ship sufficient ice to compensate for almost any shortage in the ice crop 
farther south in addition to supplying their regular trade, which of itself is very extensive and 
largely increases from year to year. One great advantage possessed by Maine "ice merchants,'' 
as they have been called for convenience sake, is the reliability of the "crop." The erratic char- 
acter of the climate of the United States in general, and of New England in particular, makes the 
ice business more uncertain even than that of agriculture, which is saying a good deal, for, as one 
unsophisticated and disgusted farmer put it : "The worst of farming is it is so darned aggravating. 
When you raise a big crop, prices are so low it is hardly worth while to send your stuff to market, 
and when prices are high you aint got nothing to sell." But the Maine ice crop is almost as sure 
as taxes, which are popularly believed to be about as sure as anything on this sublunary sphere. 
The expense of harvesting varies greatly, to be sure, and it is more or less of an anxious time to 
the "ice men" from the first frost to when the last cake of congealed aqua pura is deposited in the 
enormous houses which line the river banks, but there is sure to be an abundance of good, solid, 
clear ice in Maine every year, and that from the Penobscot is acknowledged to be the best and 
purest that reaches a market. The great bulk of the Maine ice product comes from the Kennebec ; 
for the harvesting of ice for shipment to other parts of the country and abroad was begun on that 
stream long before those dwelling along the Penobscot thought it worth while to engage in the in- 
dustry, this remissness being chiefly due to the fact that the Penobscot lumber business was so 
extensive and profitable as to almost monopolize the attention of capitalists and men of affairs. It 
is very extensive still, and indeed of late years has increased in magnitude, but the importance of 
having "two strings to their bow" is now generally appreciated by the men most prominently 
identified with Maine's development, and as a consequence the Penobscot ice business has become 
a representative branch of industry and trade, and the prospects are that it is destined to almost 
unlimited expansion. Under existing conditions, the magnitude of the business on this river is 
governed very largely by the size and condition of the ice crop on the Hudson, Schuylkill and other 
rivers in the more southerly States, and the same may be said of the Kennebec ice business, altho' 
that is more independent than is the Penobscot business, owing to its much longer establishment 
and to the possession of large and regular customers, the variation in the Kennebec business being 
mainly in connection with the prices obtained, while that of the Penobscot business includes both 
price and amount. The importance of the Penobscot ice trade to consumers is much greater than 
would be supposed by one judging entirely from the amount of ice shipped from this river, for the 
mere fact that there are facilities here for harvesting and shipping immense quantities of strictly 
first-class ice has a powerful influence towards keeping prices down to reasonable figures. The 
Penobscot ice business was established only about ten years ago, the ice cut previous to that time 
including only the comparatively small amount shipped by a couple of companies to southern 
ports and a little to supply the local demand, but the "short" season of 1879-80 in New York and 
other States caused not only regular operators, but many speculators, to hurry to Maine to secure 



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a supply, and the Penobscot and other Maine rivers, not to mention many ponds, were swooped 
down npon with as much eagerness as if the sparkling ice they yielded was as precious as the gems 
it outshone. A great deal of money was made and not a little was lost, but those who did the 
actual work of cutting, etc., made a good thing out of it at all events. In years when an ample 
supply of good ice is general throughout the "ice States" the prices, of course, rule low, but expe- 
rience shows that there is almost sure to be a shortage at intervals not exceeding five or six years, 
and the excellent rates obtained at those times go far to level up the business to a paying basis, 




Broadway, From Corner State Street. 



especially as the cost of harvesting, storing and shipping ice in the vicinity of Bangor compares 
very favorably with that experienced at other points. The average cost of harvesting and housing 
Penobscot ice ranges from 15 to 20 cents per ton, and no other part of the river can compare with 
that in the vicinity of Bangor as regards advantages for carrying on the industry on the most ex- 
tensive scale. In spite of the fact that many capacious ice houses are located in this region, there 
still remains almost boundless opportunities, for there are literally miles of available and valuable 
shore privileges in and below the city, the depth of water being sufficient to enable the largest ves- 
sels to load directly from the houses. The many large mills in this vicinity are capable of furnish- 
ing a practically unlimited amount of sawdust at an almost nominal cost, including the expense of 
transportation, and experienced and reliable help is abundant. In short, the local conditions are 
so exceptionally favorable and the results attending their utilization have thus far been so gratify- 
ing that it is a safe prediction that the ice business of Bangor and vicinity is destined to such great 
expansion as to rival that of any other region of no greater area. Its present rate of growth is 
rapid enough to meet all the demands of healthful development ; it aids and is aided by other en- 
terprises, and it has fairly earned a place among the most important factors in the city's growth. 



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TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 

It has been said that he who writes the most complete, accurate and comprehensive history of 
Bangor's facilities for transportation by land and water will have produced the best history of the 
city, for the history of Bangor and that of her transportation facilities are so intimately connected 
as to be practically identical. Substantially the same statement has been made concerning her man- 
ufacturing interests, and it rests on equally firm ground, the apparent discrepancy of one statement 
with the other being indeed only apparent, for the two statements are simply different ways of 
enunciating the same principle, — that the modern Bangor and each of the great factors in its origin 
and development are so closely related that consideration of one necessarily involves consideration 
of the others, and hence that while it may be convenient to treat of them separately at times, the 
conclusions arrived at will be more or less just according to the ability shown in handling the de- 
tails as parts of a harmonious whole. It is a significant fact, as showing the public appreciation of 
the benefits of steam transportation and the enterprise exhibited in enabling Bangor to profit by it, 
that the age of the city and that of her first railway are almost identical, — for it was in 1836 that the 
residents of Bangor built a railroad to Oldtown, and it was in 1834 that the city was incorporated. 
Steamboat service was secured at a very early date in the history of steam navigation, and indeed 
the city's name is prominently associated with that history, for the first iron steamship built in 
America was named the "Bangor," having been constructed for the Bangor Steam Navigation 
Company to use on their line between this city and Boston. The confidence and liberality shown by 
Bangor business men in providing and in aiding in the establishment of new lines of steam transporta- 
tion in the early days of such facilities, have been consistently followed during these later years, and 
both individually, and as an organized community, the citizens of Bangor have invested heavily in 
railway enterprises, thereby setting a most worthy example to the many communities that are per- 
fectly willing, not to say anxious, to dance, but have strong objections to paying the piper. Itis one 
thing to show ability in utilizing advantages freely bestowed and quite another thing to earn those 
advantages by hard work and liberal expenditure ; and the general favor with which news of Bangor's 
prosperity is received throughout Maine and New England is largely due to the popular apprecia- 
tion of the fact that she has never ' ' laid back in the harness ' ' and asked her neighbors to pull her 
along, but has been a powerfully active moving spirit in Maine's affairs from the first. It is unnec- 
essary to mention specific instances of what the city and her business men have done to establish 
and extend railway transportation in Maine. The record is easily accessible to all who care to look 
it up, and we simply say that it is one of which a much larger and wealthier city might properly be 
proud. As regards the relation borne by Bangor to the various railway and steamboat lines of the 
state, and the variety, character and extent of her connections with great and small trade, manu- 
facturing and shipping centres in this country and the Provinces, we would refer the reader to 
some lately and carefully prepared map, for in no other way can an accurate and adequate idea of 
the city's transportation facilities be obtained so easily. Of course, the best map falls far short of 
telling the whole story, but it enables it to be more readily understood, and indeed is indispensable 
to a comprehension of the service offered by the railways, steam and sailing vessels which reach 
the city. The Maine Central Railroad has been aptly described as "the great artery through which 
flows and circulates the stream of business that constitutes the life of Maine," and its great expan- 
sion not only indicates the growth of the material interests of the state of late years, but has had 
much to do with making that growth possible, and has even more to do with its present continu- 
ance. The map shows that the Maine Central system radiates from Bangor in five different direc- 
tions — westward to Portland and connections with all American railways ; north and northeast to 
the wonderful Aroostook region and the Maritime Provinces ; southeast to Frenchman's Bay and 
Mount Desert ; and south, along the east bank of the Penobscot to Busksport and on the west side of 
the river to Belfast, both of these being winter ports of PenobscotBay. That branch of the Maine Cen- 



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tral system known as the Shore Line now has its terminus at Hancock, forty miles from Bangor and 
at the head of Frenchman's Bay, but the road will soon be extended along the coast to Calais, at 
which point a bridge across the St. Croix will afford means of connection with the Grand Southern 
Railway of New Brunswick. The most important outcome of this extension will be the furnishing 
of a direct outlet for the Canadian Pacific Railway to the ports and winter harbors along the eastern 
coast of Maine ; but it is also worthy of note that it will open to summer tourists . a charming, pic- 
turesque and healthful region, and will increase the trade of Bangor with the coast districts of 




Hay.maeket Squake. 



Eastern Maine, thereby benefitting the residents of both this and that section. The Bangor & 
Picataquis Railroad extends to the foot of Moosehead Lake, ninety miles from Bangor, where con- 
nection is made with steamers for all points on that famous sheet of water. Of course, this road is 
very largely patronized by sportsmen, fishermen and summer tourists, and it is also does an exten- 
sive freight business, some of which is due to its connection with the Bangor & Katahdin Iron 
Works Railway, which penetrates a region of great natural wealth, including inexhaustible deposits 
of iron ore and slate, very extensive forests of hard and soft woods, rich farming lands and valuable 
but idle water powers. But the present prosperity of the Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad and the 
well grounded expectations of very extensile business in the near future are due to its connections 
and relations with the Canadian Pacific Railway, it forming junctions with that road at Moosehead 
Lake and at Brownville. One effect of this junction has been to place Bangor in direct connection 



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with the great West and Northwest and all the important ports on the great lakes and along the 
Pacific coast, the facilities provided being snch as to make Bangor nearer, so far as all practical 
purposes are concerned, to the business centre of the Northwest than is any other city located on 
tide-water. It is but a comparatively short time since this connection was perfected, and the inter- 
ests involved are so many, so complicated and so vast that it is as yet too soon to render intelli- 
gent judgment of how far Bangor has profited by this increase in facilities, but it may at least be 
said that^even the apparent profit has been marked in amount, and one is justified in expecting a 




Broad Street. 



very favorable showing in the balance sheet which shall show the condition of affairs at the close 
of a few years, when sufficient time will have elapsed to allow things to be adjusted to the changed 
circumstances. 

By far the most important of the steamship lines reaching this city is that of the Boston & 
Bangor Steamship Company, and the following notice of this line from a pamphlet published by 
the Bangor Board of Trade, in 1888, is at once so just and so appreciative, and is entitled to so 
much respectful consideration by reason of its being the deliberate, impartial and official verdict of 
the city's business men on the question of the accommodations afforded by this company that we 
take pleasure in presenting it to our readers : 

The Boston & Bangor Steamship Line. 

"To the line of first-class passenger steamers that connects Bangor with Boston, the city is 
much indebted for the establi.shment of her large wholesale trade, and for her prominence as an 
eastern port. The line was established many years ago, and has been in the hands of the present 
company since 1875. Through its competition with the railroads, it has itself furnished Bangor 
and the Penobscot section with cheap transportation for its products and supplies, while at the 
same time it has been instrumental in keeping rail freights down to a reasonable and available figure 
for shippers. To this fact is largely due the growth of a jobbing trade which has given Bangor a 
higher commercial importance than her mere size in point of population would indicate. 



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( 'The benefits of this steamship line to the merchants and shippers of Bangor were well illus- 
trated last year when the Interstate- Commerce Law went into effect. For several months the railroads 
felt compelled under the law to fix their rates so high as to practically prohibit a large part of the 
usual traffic over their lines, and as a consequence the business of localities not favored with estab- 
lished water- routes suffered severely. Bangor then fully appreciated the usefulness of her steam- 
ship service, and she at once supplemented it by establishing a line of sailing packets to Boston, 
and by patronizing a new steamship line to New York. The railroads being soon relieved of their 
perplexity by a decision of the Interstate Commission, permitting them to make rates competing 




East Side of Main Street, Corner Market Square. 



with water lines, receded from their position, and much of the traffic . diverted at that time to the 
steamship and packet lines has since resumed its former channel. Yet public gratitude at the ser- 
vice rendered during that episode may be relied upon to ensure for the latter a maintenance of their 
share ef the business in future. 

"The Boston & Bangor Steamship Company's fleet that constitutes the daily line between the 
Penobscot and Boston consists of three staunch, powerful and commodiously-appointed steamers, 
of 1228, 1234 and 1414 tons respectively, with large freight capacity and superior passenger accom- 
modations. They touch at all the principal landings between this port and Rockland, thus giving 
ample means of communication between either of the terminal points and all important towns and 
summer resorts on the river and bay. They also maintain a smaller boat in a daily service on the 
river between Bangor and Rockland, and run two fine steamers from Rockland, connecting with 
the boats from Boston, one to Mount Desert asd the other to Bluehill and Ellsworth, and the coast 
towns and resorts between. 

"The steamers of this line have long been noted for the elegance of their appointments, the 
efficiency and uniform courtesy of their officers and the superior excellence of the viands and ser- 
vice at their tables. The route combines the pleasures of an ocean trip with the charms of a bay 
and river sail on the most picturesque waters of Maine, and has become a favorite mode of travel 
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The New York, Maine & New Brunswick Steamship Company furnish a weekly service between 
New r York city and Bangor, Belfast, Rockland, Bar Harbor, Eastport and St. John, and the line is 
well managed and liberally patronized. The Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Company is a 
Bangor corporation, and the line it maintains between Bangor and Bar Harbor and intervening 
ports is very popular, both as a passenger and as a freight route, the sail being a most picturesque 
and enjoyable trip during the summer months and being a favorite excursion among residents of 
this section and tourists. The same may be said of the trips made by the swift and well equipped 




West Side of Main Street. 



little boats of the Penobscot Steam Navigation Company, which maintains a service between 
Bangor and Hampden, Winterport and Frankfort. The transportation of freight in sailing vessels 
to and from the port of Bangor is materially aided by the maintenance of a line of powerful steam 
tugs, although this service is by no means indispensable, as the Penobscot is exceptionally free 
from obstructions, and it is a common occurrence for even large vessels to proceed under sail 
alone from Bangor to the sea or vice versa. 

The mention of the city's transportation facilities may be completed by notice of the excellent 
service furnished by the New England Dispatch and the American Express Companies ; also of the 
various local express routes centering in Bangor, and the ten daily stage lines which communicate 
with adjoining towns. 

There are two very important official sources from which facts and figures relative to the changes 
brought about from 1880 to 1890 may be obtained — the United States census of 1890 and the report 
of the Maine State Valuation Commission, the latter having been rendered March 11, 1891, after 
nearly eight months of almost continual work. The results of the census, so far as they have been 
made public, have already been thoroughly discussed, and although their accuracy has been ques- 
tioned, and especially the accuracy of the figures relating to the amount and distribution of the 
population, it appears to be generally agreed that the errors are the result of undue conservatism 



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and of failure to thoroughly enumerate the population, and hence that their effect is to make the 
figures too small rather than too large, so that whatever gain they may indicate may safely be 
accepted as well within the bounds of actual fact. Therefore, the simple statement that the census 
af 1890 gives Bangor a population of 19,103 as compared with a population of 16,857 shown by the 
census of 1880, affords convincing proof that the city has made very decided gains during the dec- 
ade, and goes very far to vindicate the position of those who have maintained that Bangor has 
entered upon a new era of prosperity and that the falling off in the lumber trade has been much 




Central Park, From Market Square. 



more than compensated for of late years by the establishment and development of other interests y 
and this is none the less true because the lumber trade itself has shared in the general prosperity, 
and under present conditions may reasonably be expected to continue to increase. The results 
attained by the State Valuation Commission were truly surprising to the residents of other States, 
and indeed to such Maine men as had not been in a position to appreciate the effects of the years 
of almost universal progress throughout this section of the Union, for the report showed a gain of 
more than $73,000,000 in the value of the realty, or an increase of about 31 per cent, over the fig- 
ures of ten years before. Every county made some gain, and that made by Penobscot county 
amounted to no less than $7,119,853, the total valuation being $28,528,004. Very nearly one-half 
the increase in the valuation of the county is due to the gain in the value of Bangor realty, this 
amounting to $3,438,436, and making the estate valuation of the city $12,177,041 as compared with 
$8,738,605 in 1880. In other words, the estate valuation of Bangor has increased 39J per cent, in 
ten years, and the city has advanced to the second position as regards wealth among the cities of 
Maine, its wealth being exceeded by that of Portland only. That it will maintain this position is 
not only hoped, but confidently expected by the enterprising men who have made the city what it 
now is, and as their expectations are not based upon sentimental but upon practical grounds ; as 
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advantages offered for manufacturing and commerce are unequalled by those available in any other 
Maine city, one need not be prejudiced in favor of Bangor or unmindful of the large resources and 
abundant prosperity of other cities throughout the State in order to firmly believe that the most 
sanguine expectations of Bangor's representative business men will be fully realized. 

A large share of the credit for the present gratifying condition of affairs and the bright pros- 
pects of the city is due to the Bangor Board of Trade, which had its inception about 20 years ago 
and now has a membership of about 200. It has rendered very valuable service in connection 
with the improvement of transportation 
facilities, the establishment of manufac- 
turing plants, the improvement of the 
river and harbor and the furtherance of 
other action tending to increase the 
commerce of the port, and has rendered 
equally valuable if less substantially ap- 
parent service in connection with making- 
evident and giving practical direction to 
the sentiment of the community con- 
cerning important local, State and 
National questions. It took an im- 
portant part in the organization of the 
State Board of Trade, — a body which is 
destined to be of almost inestimable 
benefit to Maine if its present promise 
be fulfilled. — and not only by this action 
but by the general character of its work, 
the Bangor Board of Trade has shown 
itself to be broad in its views and ap- 
preciative of the fact that "an injury 
to one is an injury to all : that which 
benefits the State must benefit the differ- 
ent communities of which it is com- 
posed." 

The officers of the Board are as 
follows, and the list of its members, 
comprising some two hundred names, 
may be said to be practically a directory 
of the leading business men of this 
vicinity : Henry Lord, President : Vice 
Presidents, J. S. Jenness, William 
Flowers. J. S. Wheelwright ; Treasurer, 
J. 6. Clark ; Secretary, E. M. Blanding. 

A recent writer on the present condition and the prospects of the country contiguous to Bangor 
says; " Penobscot County is a fertile and prosperous agricultural section, and has many of the 
best-cultivated and most productive farms to be found in the Eastern States. It has also numerous 
other resources of value and prospective advantage, but its greatest source of future wealth un- 
questionably lies in the development of the immense water-power on the river in the vicinity of 
Bangor. When fully developed, as it must be at a not remote period, now that the work has 
fairly commenced — when the water powers of the district are all set at work in driving machinery 
to turn out the multifarious products that supply the busy wants of trade, as it sometime will be 




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— then there will be a great emporium of population, trade and business here that will constitute 
the throbbing heart of about two-thirds the entire territory of the great State of Maine." Since 
the above was written, the advantages derivable from reliable water powers have been greatly 
increased in value by the progress made in securing the practical and economical transmission of 
power by electricity, and in this connection the following extract from the report of a lecture 
delivered before the Buffalo (N. Y.) Electrical Society, April 6, 1891, by Mr. Madison Buell, will 
be of interest : 

Looking eastward, to the State of Maine, Mr. Buell called attention to the great Penobscot river, 
the largest in that state, which drains a territory of over 7400 square miles — a region as large as 
the State of Massachusetts. For 12 miles — from Oldtown to Bangor — the river falls over 90 feet, 
giving several of the finest water powers in the world. At Veazie, situated about four miles above 
Bangor, there is an electrical plant in course of construction, which, when completed, will be one 
of the largest in the world. Fifteen water wheels, of 150 horse-power each, will be placed in this 
plant, and so arranged as to run separate or in groups. Six of the wheels are already in operation. 
The plant will supply lights and power for the cities of Bangor and Brewer. The water power at 
Yeazie is immense. The flow of the river at this point, at low water, is 146,000 cubic feet per 
minute, affording 2500 horse-power with a nine-foot head. 

Besides the valuable water powers on the Penobscot opposite Bangor, and on the Kenduskeag 
Stream within the city limits, there are immensely valuable powers at Oldtown, and Bangor cannot 
fail to profit greatly by their full utilization. The property is owned by a company, composed 
largely of Bangor capitalists, and comprises the falls at Oldtown, a large tract of land embracing 
several miles of shore privileges on both sides of the river, and various dams, canals, etc., con- 
structed by the present proprietors and embodying the latest principles of mill engineering. A 
mammoth woolen mill is now in successful operation here ; a cotton mill of 20,000 spindles will 
soon be erected and equipped, and other extensive establishments are sure to follow in the near 
future. But while Bangor capitalists are engaged in developing neighboring resources, they are 
not unmindful of the value of those possessed by their own city, and it would be strange if they 
were, for it has been truly said that ' ' the advantages that Bangor offers for manufactures of almost 
every kind are unequalled. The important things necessary to make a manufacturing center are : 
The productiveness of the tributary country ; the cheapness of fuel and power, and the abundance 
of raw material; the stability of the population and the consequent availability of labor; low cost 
of living ; the number of railroads and shipping facilities ; and the contiguity of rich markets. Ban- 
gor has all these, and more. Bents and insurance are low. Mechanics and laborers can make 
pleasant homes, and procure the necessaries and comforts of life at as small cost, at least, as in any 
place of equal size in the country. Fuel is plenty and cheap, the refuse of the saw-mills furnishing 
an unlimited supply of wood, while coal is had at much lower prices than in most New England 
cities, owing to the fact that vessels carrying lumber from the Penobscot to New York, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore and other coal ports are enabled to take return cargoes at low rates." Add to the 
above the advantages due to the possession of first-class transportation facilities, and the establish- 
ment of freight rates to and from western points as favorable as those granted to any of the sea 
board cities ; remember, also, that Bangor has daily steamship connection with Boston, and a 
steamship line direct to New York and to St. John, N. B., besides vessel transportation to all parts 
of the world, and it must be acknowledged that even in this wonderful country of the United States 
one would have to search long and carefully to find a city offering advantages to manufacturers that 
would bear an instant's comparison with those open at Bangor. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESSMEN OF BANGOR 



BANGOB FOUNDBY & MACHINE CO., 
C. V. Lord, Pres. and Treas. W. S. Whitman, Supt. 
Manufacturers of Mill Machinery, and dealers in Mill 
Supplies. Works, Franklin Street, Office and Ware 
House, 8 and 10 Central Street, Bangor Me., In 1841 




Messrs. Franklin Muzzy & Co., established a foundry 
and Machine Shop on Franklia St., on the same spot 
this business has been carried on continuously for fifty 
years, under the names of F. Muzzy & Co., The Muzzy 
Iron Works and the Bangor Foundry and Machine Co. 
The last named corporation took the business in 1874, 
and with enlarged facilities and improved machin- 
ery have successfully carried it on maintaining the 
high reputation attained by the Muzzy Co., by the 
manufacture of their goods. Besides the machinery and 
iron work which the company manufacture, they are 
extensive dealers, both wholesale and retail in all kinds of 



mill, rail, road and steamer supplies and keep constantly 
on hand a large and varied line of jsteam packing, steam, 
water and gas pipeand fitting. Orders for belting, hose, 
lacing, babbitt metal, etc., can be supplied ^promptly 
from stock, and as it is a rule with them to sell only 
the best, a large trade in this class of goods has been 
built up. Manufacturers and mill owners realize the 
advantage of dealing with a reliable house and with the 
knowledge that the machinery constructed in these 
works is of efficient design, honest material and thor- 
ough workmanship, are fully justified in placing their 
orders with the Bangor Foundry and Machine Company. 
The office and Warehouse of the company is centrally 
located at Nos. 8 and 10 Central Street, immediately ad- 
jacent to the works. The President and Treasurer of 
the company, Mr. Chas. V. Lord, is a native of Bangor 
as is also Mr. Wm. S.Whitman, the superintendent. These 
gentlemen give close attention to the supervision of 
affairs and spare no pains to maintain the enviable rep- 
utation so long enjoyed by the company. 



W. T. BEABSON & CO., Manufacturers and 
Dealers in All Kinds of Long and Short Lumber ; Frames 
and Dimensions Cut to Order;; No. 7 Railroad Block, 
Foot of Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. The enterprise 
conducted by Messrs. W. T. Pearson & Co. would be 
worthy of especially prominent mention on account of 
its being the oldest established lumber business] in this 
great lumber centre, even if it had no other claim to 
prominence, but, as a matter of fact, its age is but one 
of the features which, combined, make it as representa- 
tive an undertaking as the city can show ; for its im- 
portance in the past — great as Jit was — is]over-shadowed 
by its present standing, and it is [everywhere] conceded 
that this firm stand secondjto none in the state as regards 
ability to fill the very largest orders at short notice and 
to quote bottom prices on long and {short lumber of all 
kinds, furnished in quantities„to .suit. Operations were 
begun by Mr. W. T. Pearson, in 1849, and in 1886, the 
present firm was formed by the admission to partnership 
of Mr. W. P. Lowell. These great saw mills, the largest 
in New England, owned and operated by this concern, 
are equipped with a most elaborate and complete plant 
of the latest improved machinery for the manufacture of 
clapboards, shingles, cooperage stock, dimension lum- 
ber, etc, and'a large force of thoroughly competent as- 
sistants is ^employed, while every a department of the 
business is so thoroughly systemized jand so carefully 
supervised that the quality of the product is kept fully 
up to the standard, and every order 'is assured immediate 
and painstaking attention. The office and store-house3 
are located at No. 7 Railroad block, foot of Exchange 
street, and a very heavy stock of short lumber of all 
kinds is constantly carried. 



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WHEEL WEIGHT , CLAEK & CO., Manu- 
facturers and Jobbers of Clothing, Wholesale Dealers in 
Dry Goods, Bangor, Me., The firm of Wheelwright 
Clark & Co., Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing 
and Wholesale dealers in Dry Goods, carry on the lar- 
gest business of the kind in Bangor an there are but few 
enterprises of a similar character in the entire State of 
equal magnitude. Operations were begun away back 
in 1840 by Messrs. Geo. Wheelwright & Co., who were 
succeeded later by Messrs. Wheel right & Clark, the 
existing firm-name beingadopted in 1871. The partners 
are Messrs. J. S. Wheelwright, J. G. Clark, J. G. Blake, 
and George Wheelwright, all of whom are natives of Me. 
Mr. J. S. Wheelwright having been born in Kenne- 
bunk ; Mr. Clark in Wells ; Mr. Blake in Cumberland: 
and Mr. George Wheelwright in Bangor. These gentle- 
men give close personal attention to the business and 
spare no pains to maintain the enviable reputation for 
the prompt and accurate fiilling of orders, the furnish- 
ing of dependable goods and the quoting of bottom 
prices which this house has so long held. Mr. J. S. 
Wheelwright and Mr. J. G. Clark have been prominent 
in public as well as in business life, both having served as 
State Bepresentatives, and Mr. Wheelwright having also 
served as Senator and Mayor of Bangor. The concern 
owes no small part of its success to its skill in catering 
to certain distinct classes of trade, and a notable ex- 
ample of this is afforded by the character of the Lum- 
bermen's Goods it handles, for these are so well-adapted 
to lumbermen's use, are so uniform in quality, so mod- 
erate in price and so varied in kind that they "fill the 
bill" in every respect and dealers find that there is no 
surer way of satisfying their customers than to carry a 
full assortment of these in stock. The firm are manu- 
facturers of Spreads, BlanketiDg, Blankets, etc., as well 
as of ClothiDg, and they turn out g oods that are made 
for practical everyday use and notsimply to sell. Do- 
mestic Stocks and Mitts are prominent specialties and 
■will be furnished in the very largest quantities at very 
short notice and at extremely low rates. Employment 
is given to three hundred assistants, and the premises 
utilized comprise five floors, each measuriDg 40x125 feet. 



SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Bangor, Me. 
Presenting the residents of Bangor and vicinity with in- 
formation relative to the Second National Bank of that 
city may seem an illustration of the same kind of wisdom 
which would bring " coals to Newcastle," for the insti- 
tution in question is so widely known that no explana- 
tion of its aims and resources is necessary, but it must 
certainly be given mention in a review of Bangor's rep- 
resentative enterprises, and as the greater proportion of 
the circulation of this book will be outside the city, doubt- 
less many of our readers will be glad to learn of a pro- 
gressively managed Bangor bank, giving especial atten- 
tion to the collection of draf ts,etc, and receiving accounts 
on the most favorable terms. The Second National Bank 
was organized March 1st, 1864, and has a capital of $150,- 
000. Its financial condition is excellent, and we doubt 
if there is a national bank in the state that can show_ a 
higher proportion of quickly available assets, — a point 
which is often neglected by even the most conservatively 
managed institutions. A general banking business is 
done, including the reception of deposits, collection of 
drafts and discounting of approved commercial paper,— 
every day being " discount day " with this bank, and all 
business being given prompt and careful attention. The 
banking rooms are located at No. 1 Wheelwright's and 
Clark's block, and are very conveniently fitted up. The 
officers and directors of the Second National are widely 
known as business men aside from their connection with 
the bank, as will be seen by an examination of the fol- 
lowing list of names: N. C. Ayer, President; W. S. 
Dennett, Vice President; George A. Crosby, Cashier. 



Directors : N. C. Ayer, J. S. Wheelwright, Hannibal 
Hamlin, Frank Hinckley, I. S. Johnson, W. S. Dennett, 
F. W. Ayer. 



HINCKLEY & EGERY IBON CO., Founders 
and Machinists, Oak Street. The business carried on by 
the Hinckley & Egery Iron Company is one of the oldest 
and best known of the kind in the State, it having been 
established in 1872 by Mr. Daniel B. Hinckley, and hav- 
ing for many years held its present leading position. 




It was originally located in Bucksport, but in 1831 was 
removed to Bangor by Mr. Hinckley who the following 
year became associated with Thomas N. Egery, the 
firm-name being Hinckley & Egery. Mr. Hinckley died 
in 1S64 just after the company had been incorporated 
and in 1880 the company was reorganized under the 
present name. Mr. Chas. A. Gibson has been Presi- 
dent and E. N. Egery Treasurer, since the death of Mr. 
Thomas N. Egery, in 1S85. The company are Founders 
and Machinists, manufacturers of and dealers in Steam 
Engines, Boilers, Live and Stock Gangs, Clapboard 
Mills, Single, Muley and Circular Saw Mills, Sapping 
Machines, Shingle and Lath Machines, Parallel Gang 
Edgers, Rotary Bed Planers, Slate Cutters, Steam Power 
Plunger and Mining Pumps, Waters' Governors, 
Pistonhead Packing, Water Wheels, Shafting, Gearing 
Pulleys, Boxes, Coupling, Arbors, Babbitt, Gas Pipe r 
Globe and Peet Valves, Pipe Fitting, and Wrenches, 
Heaters, Steam Whistles, Flanges, Brass Pipe and Fit- 
tings. Rubber, Hemp and American Steam Packing, 
Bark Mills, Cider Mills Screw, Chimmey Caps, Slate 
Quarry Hoisting Derricks, Car Wheels and Shafts, Fire 
Brick, Clay and Kaolin, Bolts, Nuts and Washers, Cast 
Iron Pipe, Jack Screws, Window Weights, Cast Iron 
Posts, Furnace Grates, Potash Kettles, Smoke Stacks, 
Boiler Fronts, Balustrade and Fence Casting, Propeller 
Wheels, Vessel Casting, Steam Gauges, Gauge Cocks, 
Water Gauges, Waste, Etc., The plant utilized is very 
extensive and elaborate and employment is regularly 
given to seventy-five men so that even the largest orders 
can be filled at very short notice, especially as the busi- 
ness is thoroughly systemized and all commissions, large 
and small, are ensured prompt and careful attention. 
Goods are shipped to all parts of the Union from Mon- 
tana to Florida, and the company thus show their ability 
not only to furnish satisfactory machinery and supplies 
but to furnish them at prices as low as the lowest, 
quality consider. The Following representative men 
constitute the board of directors : 

C. C. PRESCOTT, 
E. M. HERSEY, 
CHAS. A. GIBSON 
E. N. EGERY, 
C. F. WOODWARD, 



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JOHN S. KIMBALL & SON, Insurance, 
Auctioneers, Real Estate and Pensions; Real 
Estate Mortgages Negotiated; Corner State and 
Exchange Streets, Exchange Block, Bangor, Me. 
The principle embodied in the saying, " If you 
want a thing well done, do it yourself," is 
thoroughly sound, and its common observance would do 
much to further the prosperity of a community, but, 
like all other general principles, it has its exceptions, or 
rather it needs to be practiced with discretion if the best 
results are to be attained. Sick men who doctor them- 
selves are not considered wise; "he who is his own law- 
yer has a fool for a client," and there are many other 
cases in which it is folly to depend upon oneself when 
the services of a competent agent are available. The 
sale at auction of all kinds of property in city or coun- 
try ; the purchase, sale, exchange, renting or leasing of 
real estate ; the placing of insurance ; the negotiation of 
loans ; the transaction of pension business — all these are 
best effected through a well-equipped and reliable agent, 
and hence it is unnecessary to enlarge upon the useful- 
ness of the agency carried on under the style of .lohn S. 
Kimball & Son, for all the services mentioned, together 
with others of equal importance, are rendered by this 
house, which has been in operation for years, and is con- 
ceded to stand second to none in its special line. The busi- 
ness was founded by the late Col. John S. Kimball, and is 
now carried on by his son, Samuel S. Kimball, and Sum- 
ner W. Woodbury, formerly of Auburn, Me. Mr. Kim- 
ball gained a thorough knowledge of the business during 
his association with his father. The tirm fully maintain 
the high reputation it has enjoyed, for entire devotion to 
the interests of clients, prompt and intelligent trans- 
action of all business submitted, and equitable charges 
for all services rendered. They are both firm believers 
in the natural resources and grand future of eastern 
Maine, and will be found ready at all times to show good 
reasons for their belief. Their office is in Exchange 
block, corner of State and Exchange streets, and callers 
and mail communications are assured prompt and care- 
ful attention. The following synopsis will give a gen- 
eral idea of the scope, character and value of the service 
offered: Real estate bought, sold and rented; deeds, 
bonds, mortgages and leases made ; care taken of prop- 
erty and taxes paid for non-resident owners ; fire losses 
adjusted; claims against fire and life insurance com- 
panies attended to ; proof s made for life, fire and acci- 
dent insurance policies ; also U. S. pension business of 
all kinds. 

GEO. H. STILES, Dealer in Fresh and Salt 
Meats of all kinds, Harlow Street, Foot of Morse's Hill. 
The establishment conducted by Mr. Geo. H. Stiles, is 
very popular among the residents of this vicinity and 
one does not have to seek far to find the reasons for this 
state of affairs, as it is evident from very little obser- 
vation that the stock carried is an exceptionally large 
complete and desirable one, and the prices on the goods 
composing it, are of themselves enough to ensure its fre- 
quent removal; while the prompt and polite attention 
given to every customer, completes the favorable im- 
pression made by the goods and the prices. As Mr. 
Stiles carries on a first-class meat market, no detailed 
description of the stock is possble within our limited 
space, but speaking generally it may be said to be 
made up of a great variety of thoroughly dependable 
articles, the bulk of which are selected expressly for 
family use. Fresh and Salt Meats of all kinds are 
largely handled, and an especially fine assortment is 
constantly on hand to select from. Mr. Stiles is a 
native of Bangor and very well known throughout the 
community. He occupies premises at No. 19 Harlow 
Street, foot of Morse's Hill. All goods sold at this popu- 
lar market are guaranteed to prove just as represented. 



L. & F. H.'STKICKLAND, Lumber Dealers 
No. 54 Exchange Street, Bangor Me., 'Mills atVeazie Me. 
The firm of L. & F. H. Strickland was formed in 1877 
but the business it carries on is of much earlier origin, 
having been founded as far ;back as 1852 by Messrs. 
Babb & Strickland. The present concern is constituted 
of Messrs. L. Strickland, ! a native of Livermore, and 
F. H. Strickland a native of Bangor ; both these gentle- 
men being so generally known not only in business but 
also in social circles, as to render extended personal 
mention superfluous. Mr. L. Strickland has represented 
Bangor in the legislature and has also been mayor of the 
city. The firm deals in lumber>t wholesale, and possesses 
facilities which enable them to fill the most extensive 
orders at very short j notice and to furnish goods of 
guaranteed quality at exceptionally low rates. They are 
manuafacturers as well as dealers, operating extensive 
mills located at Veazie, Maine, and run by water power. 
Employment is given to 100 u men, and the vast enter- 
prise is so thoroughly systemized that everybody 'con- 
nected with it is responsible for something and some- 
body is responsible for everything, the result being that 
the quality of the product is kept fully up to the standard 
and every order is assured prompt and accurate atten- 
tion. The firm's office is at No. 54 Exchange St., Bangor. 



W. H. SEVEBANCE, No. 98 Hammond St. 
Painter and Paper Hanger, Bangor, Maine. It is al- 
ways well to know of the address of a reliable and skil- 
ful painter and paper-hanger, for the services of such a 
man are apt to be needed at almost any time, and when 
haste is advisable, it is very annoying to have to stop to 
look up the record of those making a specialty of work 
of this kind. We therefore take pleasure in calling the 
attention of our readers to the facilities offered by Mr. 
W. H. Severance, for this gentleman not only does work 
equal to the best, but quotes uniformily moderate rates 
in connection with the same. His establishment is con- 
veniently located at at No. 98 Hammond Street, com- 
prising one floor and basement each 15x35 feet in dimen- 
sions, affording ample room for the carrying of a com- 
plete assortment of painter's supplies all of which are of 
guaranteed quality. Mr. Severance employs a force of 
ten efficient assistants and is prepared to fill orders for 
exterior and interior painting and for paper-hanging, at 
very short notice. He has carried on business in this 
vicinity since 1885, and his steadily increasing patronage 
affords sufficient evidence that his customers are well 
satisfied with the results attained. 



CHAS. J. JONES, Dealer in Ladies and 
Gent's Fine Footwear, Rubbers, Umbrellas, & Etc. 
28 Main, St., Bangor, Me., The business conducted by 
Mr. Charles J. Jones was founded in 1883, by Messrs. 
F. L. Jones & Son; the present proprietor (who is a 
native of Rockland, Maine) assuming sole control in 1889 
He utilizes premises located at No. 28 Main St., which 
have an area of about 1200 square feet and which contain 
as skilfully chosen, as complete and as desirable a stock 
of Ladies' and Gent's Fine Footwear as the city of Ban- 
gor can show. Mr. Jones caters to the most intelligent 
class of trade and gives excellent value for money re- 
ceived ; his footwear being stylish, well-made, comfort- 
able, durable and perfect fitting, as well as low in price. 
The assortment of sizes and widths is so complete that 
the most difficult foot can be fitted and the goods com- 
prise all seasonable styles for dress, street, sporting and 
general wear. Rubbers, Rubber Boots, etc., are also 
well represented in the stock, and a fine assortment of 
umbrellas low, medium and high priced, may always be 
found at this popular store, and as employment is given 
to 2 efficient assistants callers are sure of receiving 
prompt and careful attention. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




OAKES & CHANDLER, (Successors to Dole 
Bros.) Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Furniture, Car- 
pets, Upholstery Goods, Nos. 26 and 28 Hammond 
Street, Bangor, Me. A business which has been estab- 
lished eighty years, and is to-day more flourishing and 
prosperous than ever before, is, by no means, so common 
as to be passed over without special mention, and, as 
this is the case with the business carried on by Messrs. 
Oakes & Chandler, it is woi thy of much more extended 
notice than the limitations of space enable us to give it. 
But we regret this the less from the fact that practically 
everyone in Bangor and vicinity knows of this undertak- 
ing, and a large proportion of the residents of this sec- 
tion have had personal dealings with the concern carry- 
ing it on, and know that they are prepared to meet all 
honorable competition and fully maintain the enviable 
reputation of the house for enterprise and honorable 
dealing. The present proprietors, Messrs. Oakes & 
Chandler, are both natives of Bangor and succeeded 
Dole Brothers, who were long identified with the busi- 
ness. The concern are wholesale and retail dealers in 
furniture, carpets and upholstery goods, and carry one 
of the largest, most varied, and most skilfully chosen 
stocks to be found east of Boston. The premises made 
use of are located at Nos. 26 and 28 Hammond street, 
opposite the Court House, aDd comprise four floors and 
a basement, their total area being about 20,000 square 
feet. They are well-lighted, the goods are conveniently 
arranged for examination, and nothing is lacking to 
enable customers to choose intelligently, especially as 
every article is sold strictly on its merits, — no misrepre- 
sentation being practiced or allowed at this popular 
store. The stock includes the very latest novelties, as 
well as full lines of staple goods and styles, and posi- 
tively bottom prices are quoted on medium and fine 
grades of furniture, carpets and house furnishings in 
general. 



E. H. GERRISH, Manufacturer of Canvas 
Canoes, Boats, Paddles and Oars ; Corner Hancock and 
French Streets, Bangor, Me. There may not be so 
very much glory and renown in the building of a small 
boat as in that of a " Cup Defender," or other racing 
yacht, but there is, nevertheless, a need of exercising 



both skill and faithfulness if the 
work is to be done in a proper man- 
ner. Row-boats vary quite as much 
as any other kind of craft in their 
proportions, constructions, etc., and 
it requires no small degree of experi- 
ence to build anything in this line in 
acceptable style. Without a doubt 
Mr. E. H. Gerrish of this city is one 
of the leading boat-builders in the 
state. He is a manufacturer of can- 
vas canoes, boats, paddles and oars, 
and those intrusting him with the 
making of either of the above named 
boats may rest assured that the job 
will be carried out in a workmanlike 
and " ship-shape " manner. Mr. Ger- 
rish|is a native of Bangor, and has 
been connected with his present 
enterprise since 1880. The premises 
occupied by him are located at the 
corner of Hancock and French 
Streets, and is a new two-story build- 
ing, 40 x 50 feet in size, built espe- 
cially for his growing business. The 
canoes made by Mr. Gerrish are of 
every desired width and length, and 
are very graceful in appearance, and 
are specially adapted for the use 
of sportsmen, guides, hunters, lum- 
bermen and explorers, and also as tenders to yachts, 
etc. Mr. Gerrish also has a commodious and comfortable 
camp at B. pond, twelve miles above the Katahdin Iron 
Works, in the midst of the greatest fish and game regions 
in Maine, and can furnish accommodations for sportsmen 
either summer or winter. For several seasons this camp 
has been a favorite resort during the late fall and winter. 
He has an intimate familiarity with all the game and re- 
sort regions of Maine, and has personal acquaintance 
with the best guides in all sections. It will give him 
pleasure to answer any inquiries regarding hunting, 
fishing, camping, etc., also to furnish guides whom he 
personally knows to be reliable and capable, and can 
give good advice to parties as to where and when to go, 
and can furnish the best of references. 



THURSTON & KINGSBURY, Wholesale 
Grocers and Jobbers of Teas and Coffees, No. 19 Broad 
Street and No. 68 Pickering Square, Bangor, Me. The 
rapid and constant development of the business con- 
ducted by Messrs. Thurston & Kingsbury since its incep- 
tion in 1884, furnishes convincing proof that dealers, as 
well as consumers, are prompt to appreciate honorable 
and enterprising methods, for, as the firm do an exclu- 
sively wholesale business, practically all their trade, of 
course, is with the dealers. The original firm-name was 
W. L. Thurston & Co., but the present style was adopted 
during the first year the enterprise was carried on, and 
the partners are Messrs. W. L. Thurston and R. A. 
Kingsbury, the former a native of Bangor and the latter 
of Bradford, Maine. The premises made use of are 
located at No. 19 Broad street and No. 68 Pickering 
square, they comprising four floors measuring 22 x 50 
feet, and three floors of similar dimensions devoted 
entirely to storage purposes. We need hardly add that 
a large and varied stock is carried, it embracing a full 
assortment of staple and fancy groceries and a particu- 
larly extensive and desirable stock of teas and coffees, 
for the firm are jobbers of these goods, and offer special 
inducements both as regards quality and price. Seven 
assistants are employed, and orders are accurately filled 
at very short notice. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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F. W. ATEE & CO., Manufacturers of and 
and Dealers in Long and Short Lumber, No. 
36 Exchange Street, Bangor, Maine. Frames 
and Dimensions cut to order. Napoleon said : 
"Providence is always on the side of the heaviest bat- 
talions," and although that sentiment has been often 
and vigorously denounced it has a germ of truth in it for 
it is unquestionably a fact that that general or that 
civilian who arrays and controls the most perfect and 
extensive facilities is most liable to win success. Gen- 
erally speaking it is the shiftless people who believe 
most thoroughly in "luck," for the prudent and indus- 
trious never trust to luck but strive to ensure success by 
so using circumstances and conditions as to make it rea- 
sonably certaiu that they will redound to their advan- 
tage. The firm of F. W. Ayer & Co., for instance, 
receives a large proportion of all the heavy lumber or- 
ders placed in Bangor, for they do an exclusive wholesale 
business on a large scale, and this is not in the least the 
result of chance but the inevitable consequence of the 
superior facilities enjoyed by this representative concern. 
The business was founded about a score of years ago 
(in 1872) and has steadily increased until its magnitude 
is exceptional even in this section famous for its great 
lumber houses. The firm are manufacterers and dealers 
in all kinds of Long and Short Lumber, and make a 
specialty of cutting Frames and Dimensions to order, 
for the large jobbers on a large scale only. The mills 
are located at Orono and Brewer and are fitted up with 
machinery of the most improved type. Being located 
on tide-water the cost of transportation is reduced to the 
lowest possible figure, and Messrs. F. W. Ayer & Co., are 
prepared to fill orders at the very lowest market rates and 
to execute the most extensive commissions at very short 
notice. An extensive business is done in compressing 
and baling sawdust for packing, meat market and stable 
purposes. It is compressed into one half its bulk and 
baled, the size being 24x28x30 inches, and is shipped to 
all parts of New England. The firm are also dealers in ice, 
having new ice houses located od the Penobscot river 
near their mills and handle about 60,000 tons annually 
at wholesale only. The Office of the Company is at No. 
36 Exchange Street, Bangor. 

A. K DOLE, Artist Photographer, Kendus- 
keag Block, Bangor, Me., One indication of the fact 
that Mr. A. K. Dole's claim to the title of "artist pho- 
tographer" is based upon something more than mere as- 
sumption, is afforded by the length of his experience for 
that extends over thirty years, he having been in busi- 
ness since 1861. He was one the firm of Dole & Gould 
from 1879 to 1883 and since the latter date has carried on 
operations alone and has utilized rooms in Kenduskeag 
Block. The apartments now occupied are on the second 
and third floors and are eight in number. They are equip- 
ped with the most improved apparatus and are furnished 
with everything necessary to ensure the comfort and con- 
venience of patrons. But after all, it is the quality of 
the work rather than the extent and character of the ac- 
commodations which is of especial interest to the public, 
and here we find ourselves at a loss to say anything that 
would be "news" to the residents of Bangor and vicinty, 
for Mr. Dole has long had the reputation of producing 
photographs of the very highest order of merit, so all 
we can say is that now as ever his work is fully equal to 
the best in every respect. In fact, if we may be allowed 
to use Hibernianism, we would say it is "better than the 
best" where his specialites are concerned, for he makes 
a prominent speciality of class work and his class photo- 
graphs are decidedly superior to the best produced by the 
average photographer. Another specialtj is the photo • 
graphing of the interior of residences, and perhaps in no 
branch is Mr. Dole's skill more plainly shown than in 
his management of light and shade in such pictures. 



BACON & ROBINSON CO., Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Coal of all Kinds, Wood and Charcoal. 
General Office, No. 2 Bowman Block, Kenduskeag 
Bridge ; Wharves, Front and Broad Streets. The theory 
of the " survival of the fittest " is applicable to mercan- 
tile houses as well as to animals and in the one case as 
in the other is of the greatest possible utility and value, 
although it causes individual hardship at times as does 
any other great natural law. The enterprise carried on 
by the Bacon & Robinson Co. was inaugurated in 1854 
and has survived nearly all its contemporaries, and 
steadily gained in strength from year to year simply 
because it had within it the elements of usefulness 
which ensured it public support and which have caused 
it to have been an important factor in the building up of 
Bangor's local and suburban industries, and in reducing 
the cost of living by keeping the price of fuel as low as 
circumstances would allow. The business was founded 
by Messrs. Bacon & Baldwin, and in 1880 the firm-name 
of Bacon, Robinson & Co. was adopted, and retained 
until the incorporation of the existing company in 1890. 
The officers are Messrs. John A. Bacon, president ; J. H. 
Robinson, treasurer; Chas. E. Field, general manager, 
and A. J. Robinson, secretary, all these gentlemen being 
too well known in this section to render extended 
personal mention necessary. The general office of the 
company is at No. 2 Bowman Block, Kenduskeag 
Bridge, and the wharves are at No. 96 Broad St., and 
Front St., near the Maine Central depot. They have an 
aggregate area of about two acres, and there is storage 
capacity for 10,000 tons of coal. The company are 
wholesale and retail dealers in coal of all kinds, and also 
in wood and in charcoal. The service they offer is 
remarkably comprehensive and uniformily reliable, it 
being a common remark that goods promised by this 
concern at a given time are sure to arrive promptly at 
the time agreed upon. The company employ a large 
force of experienced men, have very extensive delivery 
facilities and are prepared to contract with manufactur- 
ers to furnish a stated amount of coal of certain quality 
in quantities as ordered ; or to fill the smallest domestic 
orders for coal or wood carefully and at low rates ; it 
being the invariable policy of the management to spare 
no pains to satisfy every reasonable customer, whether 
he be a large or a small buyer. 



J. CROCKER & CO., Dealers in Meat, Poultry, 
and Country Produce, Venison and Wild Game in their 
Season. No. 1 Dwinel Block, P.ickering Square, Ban- 
gor, Me.. Cash paid for Hides, Wool and Skins. Pork 
has often being called "the poor man's food," owing to 
the fact that it is the most nutritious and the cheapest of 
meats, but it is also one of the most palatable of meats 
and is found as often on the tables o f the rich as on those of 
the poor. A very large amount of pork is consumed in 
Bangor and vicinity and the firm of J. Crocker & Co., 
handle a good proportion of it for they make a leading 
specialty of fresh, salted, pickled and smoked porks 
although they also deal largely in other meats, in poul- 
try, in venison and wild game in their season, and in 
country produce of all kinds. Mr. Crocker is a native of 
Bangor, and has served 2 years as Councilman, and is 
very widely and favorably known thoroughout this sec- 
tion. He gives the business careful personal supervision 
and is always striving to still further improve the effi- 
ciency of the service. The firm utilize premise at No. 1 
Dwinel Block, Pickering Sq., and carry a large and very 
carefully chosen stock which they offer at positively the 
lowest market rates. Cash will be paid for hides, wool, 
and skins, and this firm have the reputation of always be- 
ing ready to gohalf-wayin making a trade, for they do 
business on a "live and let live" policy that commends 
them to all who appreciate liberal methods. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



N. E. Bragg. ESTABLISHED 1854. C. F. Bragg. 

% H- S^flGG & SOflS, 

Iron, Steel and Heavy Hardware. 

Cfl$t*IAGE HA^DWR^E AflD WOODWORK. 

Blacksmiths' Supplies. 
BROAD STREE/T. 



T. A. JONES & JEWELL GRANITE CO.' 
Granite Dealers and Manufacturers. Corner Main and 
Railroad Streets, Bangor, Me. Quarries at Lincoln, Me. 
T. A. Jones, Superintendent. For many years slate 
was the standard stone used in cemetery work in New 
England but finally it was superseded by marble, just as 
marble is now being superseded by granite. Unques- 
tionably granite is the most suitable stone for cemetery 
uses, for not only does it resist the effects of our trying 
New England climate better than any other but it is 
more varied in kind and consequently is capable of 
affording more variety of effect, while from a purely 
artistic point of view its superiority is so manifest that 
comparison even with its nearest rival, marble, is little 
better than absurd. Indeed in some cemeteries where 
special attention is given to artistic effects (notably at 
one in Brookline, Mass.) the use of other monumental 
material than granite is positively forbidden, all burial 
lots being sold with that restriction. But the most 
beautiful and artistic material may easily be injured or 
spoiled by injudicious treatment, and therefore when 
placing orders for granite cemetery work be sure and 
place them in thoroughly competent hands, and surely 
none more competent can be found in this State than 
those connected with and employed by the T. A. Jones 
& Jewell Granite Co., this being a leading concern and 
one that has done much to educate the public up to the 
point of demanding strictly first-class work. The 
superintendent, Mr. T. A. Jones, is a recognized 
authority on granite and granite working, having 
superintended the granite work on many prominent 
public and private buildings at Bangor and elsewhere, 
besides having furnished a very large proportion of the 
granite cemetery work to be found in this vicinity. The 
T. A. Jones & Jewell Granite Co. was formed in 1887 
and has steadily increased its operations until the busi- 
ness has reached sufficient magnitude to require the 
employment of 20 assistants. The company are granite 
dealers and manufacturers, controlling valuable quarries 
at Lincoln, Maine, and having an office and a spacious 
yard at the corner of Main and Railroad Streets, Bangor. 
Polished work, monuments, headstones, tablets, etc., 
will be made to order in gray, red, white and black 
granite, and estimates will be cheerfully and promptly 
furnished for cemetery and for building work in all 
their branches. 



J. P. GREELEY, Proprietor of The Boston 
5 and 10 Cent Store, at the old stand, 54 Main Street, 
Bangor, Me., The Boston 5 cent Store may properly be 
regarded as one of Bangor's most popular "institutions" 
for it is an institution, by itself and although it 
has some imitators it has no rival. Founded in 1880 
by the present proprietor, Mr. John P. Greeley, it has 
steadily gained in popularity and usefulness, and may 
be cited as a prominent and most inspiring example of 
what may be accomplished by enterprising and straight- 
forward methods. This is a "cheap store" but it is by 
no means "cheaply" managed, on the contrary 
no store in Bangor is conducted on more high-toned 
principles, for goods are sold strictly on their merits, no 
misrepresentation is practised, and the most inexperi- 
enced buyer is assured of getting the full value for 
every penny expended. The principal goods dealt in are 
Crockery, Glassware, Tinware and Toys, but Notions 
and 5 and 10 cent goods of every description are included 
in the stock, which is very large and is constantly be- 
ing renewed. Spacious premises, located at No. 54 Main 
Street, are utilzed, and sufficient assistance is employed 
to ensure prompt and careful attention to every caller. 



MISS MARTHA E. FELLOWS, Fancy Goods, 
Confectionery, etc., No. 1 High St., Bangor. Theoreti- 
cally, a lady ought to be especially well-fitted to buy 
and sell such articles as Fancy Goods, Notions, etc., for 
as these are used almost entirely by ladies it would seem 
obvious that they are more competent to judge of their 
merits and to buy them understandingly than any man, 
however experienced he may be. Theory and practice do 
not always agree, but most certainly do in this case and 
a prominent example is afforded by the gratifying de- 
gree of success which Miss Martha E. Fellows has met 
with since she began the handling of commodities we 
have mentioned Her store is located at No. 1 High St 
and has become known throughout the city as a place 
where the latest novelties in Fancy Goods and Notions 
may always be found, and where low prices are quoted 
on articles of standard merit. Confectionery also is dealt 
in to some extent and pure fresh candies may be obtained 
here at the lowest market rates. Miss Fellows gives 
close personal attention to the business and sufficient 
assistance is employed to ensure the prompt and accurate 
filling of orders. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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Chas. C. Eme rso 



— JOBBERS OF— ' 



Ed. R. Adams. 



Dry Goods and Lumbermen's Supplies, 



BANGOR, 



MAINE. 




S. L. CEOSBT & CO., do the Finest Taxi- 
dermy Work at No. 135 Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. 
Doubtless some of our readers have heard of the man 
who was walking along with a companion to whom he 
was complaining that taxidermists, as a rule, did not 
know anything about the habits of the creatures they 
mounted, chancing just then to see an owl perched upon 
a stand in a shop window he said : " Now look there ! 
No owl stands that way ; no owl ever stood that way; 
no owl ever will or can stand that way." Just then the 
owl winked. But it is only fair to say that really good 
taxidermy work is generally appreciated, and one excel- 
lent proof of this is afforded by the fact that Messrs. S. 
L. Crosby & Co., who do the very finest work of this 
kind, do the largest business inthestate. It was founded 
in 1881, by Mr. E. S. Bowler, and has been under the 
control of the present firm since 1887. The premises 
occupied are located at No. 135 Exchange street, and are 
spacious, well-fitted up, and well-stocked ; they contain- 
ing a very large and complete assortment of natural his- 
tory goods, including mounted birds and animals, eggs, 
bird and animal skins, deer, moose and caribou heads, 
etc., together with a full line of naturalists' and taxider- 
mists' supplies, sporting goods, fishing tackle, etc., are 
carried in good assortment — quite a business is done in 
renting the latter. These goods in the various depart- 



ments are offered at very low rates, and a large business 
is done in each department, but the leading specialty of 
the firm is mounting; birds, anim lis, heads and antlers to 
order, and commissions are executed at short notice and 
at reasonable rates, as the following price-list will show : 
Size of canary. 75 cts. ; robins and blue jays, $1.00; 
kingfisher and dove, $1.50; grouse and small ducks, 
$2.00; large ducks, $2.50; great horned owl, $3.00; 
loons and herons, $3.00 to $4.00; eagles, $5.00; spread 
wings extra. Animals — Red squirrel, $1.25; gray squir- 
rels and weasel. $2.00; mink and sable, $3.00; fox and 
coon, $5.00 to $6.00; wildcat and lynx, $8.00 to $10.00. 
Heads and Antlers — Deer heads, $8.00 to $10.00; caribou 
head, $12.00 to $20.00; moose head, $25.00 t<- $40.00; 
black bear head, $10.00; antlers on shield, $2.00 to $5.00. 
N. B. — Never cut the throats of any heads to be 
mounted. No imperfect work is knowingly allowed to 
leave the shop, and great care is taken to so treat the 
objects as to preserve them so far as is possible from the 
attacks of moths and other insects. 



EDWIN CHICK & CO., Dealers in Grass 
Seeds, Corn, Flour, Shorts, Wheat and Wheat Screenings, 
Standard Superphosphate, Lime, Plaster and Cement, No. 
3 Mercantile Square, Bangor, Me. There is not so much 
profit in farming that one can afford to waste any money 
in purchasing inferior seed, and as the only way to be 
sure of getting strictly reliable seed is to deal with a 
strictly reliable concern. It is natural that a large pro- 
portion of the residents of this section should make it a 
rule to buy all their grass seeds, etc., from Messrs. Ed- 
win Chick & Co., for loDg experience has proved this to 
be as reliable a firm as can be found in New England, 
and one that quotes bottom prices and fills all orders 
carefully and without undue delay. The present part- 
ners, Messrs. Charles E. and Wm. F. Chick, have been 
associated more than twelve years, and the business was 
established about thirty-eight years ago, so that its pres- 
ent magnitude is the result of very long and steady 
growth. The concern occupy premises located at No. 3 
Mercantile square, and comprising three floors measur- 
ing 20 x 70 feet, besides a large storehouse, the stock be- 
ing very extensive, and including grass seeds, corn, 
flour, snorts, wheat and wheat screenings, Bowker's 
fertilizers, lime, plaster and cement. These commodities 
will be furnished in quantities to suit, both wholesale 
and retail orders being filled, and no pains being spared 
to supply goods that will give excellent satisfaction in 
every respect. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




Sr.John, N.B.,ujas a. sTudeht«| 
at* tRe Jefferson Medical College in 
Thiladelphia.^ lAfhile Takincj a. walk 
about" trie Quaker City, his alTenTToaJ 
was arrested by the voice of an auctioneer- 
The laws of the state at that Time allowed hoi/sf- 
hold qoods To be sold [or debt, and an * 
auction was in progress, Hie proceeds of * 
u/hich u/er<» To mfcT Hie debts of a deceased * 
husband ^Tffe widow/ forcibly expressed hf r 
mind in recjard to tKe proceedings, yet" the ^ 
auctioneer contfiiupd the sale- ^i^^mS^^^ 
ffgfjlt/ last" he pur up the cradle in u/hicn 
||gf\ her baby lay sleepina and called for a 
U^i^bid.^ ' The mother asked the crou/d «" 
not" To buy. but if u/as sold. Then she Took 
^ xr ,.fe child from the cradle and thYustino, her^ 
. ^M, hand into her po(K<T drew forth a paper which' 
she heici alo^r, exclaiming . tb the auctioneer in a 
voice of Triumph " J^ou have sold 1TTe store, Cradle 
and all buT.here is j( a.$lO,000 Life Policy which you 
cannot sell orTouch.V The sctn? Jeff its impress. 
upon tfa Doctor, and he w&s the firsT-^hysi cian 
in St. John To insure for ^fO.OOO in "the <r <r <r <?.,j 
^ Connecticut^ A)ufuaWLif e « Insurance C°|l§b 
H.M. Fairbanks , General^JAgf; ^Bangor, <V)e 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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A. F. BAILEE & CO. Successors to E. G. 
Moore & Co.,) Jobbers and Retail Dealers in Groceries 
and Country Produce, Flour a Specialty Nos. 9 Broad 
St. and 62 Pickering Sq., Bangor. One's first impression 
on examining the stock carried by A.F. Baker & Co., is 
that it is decidedly superior to the average in 
quality and will compare favorably in point of size, 
and this impression will be confirmed by a more ex- 
tended investigation for this firm takes pains to 
handle goods that will suit the most fastidious, and to 
offer a sufficient variety to enable all tastes to be suited 
and all orders to be filled without delay. This establish- 
ment was founded by Messrs Moore & Stone, who were 
succeeded by E. G. Moore & Co., in 1881, and they by 
the present firm A. F. Baker & Co., in 1890. The prem- 
ises utilized are located at Nos. 9 Broad Street and 62 
Pickering Square, and comprise four floors each 1,100 
square feet in dimensions, and afford excellent oppor- 
tunity for the accommodation of a complete assortment 
of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Country Produce, and 
Flour, of which a specialty is made, the stock being so 
arranged as to aid materially iu the prompt and accu- 
rate filling of orders. Messrs Baker & Co., are Jobbers 
and Retail dealers, they give close personal attention 
and employ three competent assistants, neglecting no 
means to fully deserve the exceptional popularity their 
establishment has now, this popularity is of course 
due to the promptness and courtesy of the service 
to a great extent, but even more to the fact that 
every aticle will prove precisely as represented. 



JASON A. CEOWELL, Dealer in Fine Boots 
and Shoes, also Hats and Caps, 42 Main St., Bangor Me. 
Although Bangor contains her full share of old-establish- 
ed business enterprises there are comparatively few that 
date back more than 40 forty years and one of the few is 
that conducted by Mr. Jason A. Crowell. at No. 42 Main 
St., for this was founded by Messrs. H. P. & J. A. Crowell 
in 1850. In 1857 the firm name became Crowell & 
Leighton, and since 1863 the present proprietor has had 
sole control. He was born in Dext* r, Maine, his father 
H. P. Crowell, is associated with him in the store, who 
saw some very active service during the war of the 
Rebellion, he taking part in the first battle of Bull Run, 
the battle of Petersburg, and other notable engage- 
ments. He was sergeant in the 2nd Maine regiment, 
and subsequently was sergeant in the 56th Massachusetts. 
Mr. Crowell deals in Fine Boots and Shoes, Hats and 
Caps, and utilizes premises comprising one floor and a 
basement, each having an area of 1,200 square feet. His 
stock is so varied and complete that all tastes and all 
purses can be suited ; and not the least popular charac- 
teristic of this representative store is the fact that all 
goods are sold strictly on their merits, being fully war- 
ranted to prove as represented. 



H. H. CEOCKEE, 14 West Market Sq. Bangor 
Me., Loans on Collateral and Real Estate. An immense 
amount of Maine capital, has been invested in the past 
few years in Real estate Mortgages both in the West and 
East, and where an equal amount of prudence has been 
exercised in making investments the results have been 
highly satifactory. It is now as true as it was ten years 
ago, that mortgages placed through well informed and 
reliable parties are unsurpassed by any securities in the 
market as regards security and profitableness. Such of 
our readers as reside in Bangor, or in fact anywhere in 
the vicinity, will inevitably be reminded of Mr. H. H. 
Crocker, when reference is made to mortgages, and col- 
lateral loans, for this gentleman has and makes a specialty 
of this kind of business, and has done more among 
conservative investors than any other concern in Maine 
The inception of Mr. Crocker's business occur-ed sev 



eral years ago, he is a native of Herman, in this state 
and has an office at No. 14 West Market Square. He is 
a man of exceptional ability and has made a study of 
financial matters and any parties in need of money and 
who are desirous to obtain any kind of loans against col- 
laterals, or on Real Estate can save time and money by 
calling on Mr. Crocker. They will be assured prompt 
and careful attention, no pains being spared to maintain 
the high reputation he has long held. 



BANGOB ICE CO., Wholesale and Eetail 
Dealers in Ice. No. 5 Kenduskeag Block, Bangor, Me. 
So universal is the use and so great the consumption of 
ice throughout this country nowadays, that it is difficult 
to realize that but comparatively few years ago ice was 
regarded as a luxury and but little used excepting by 
the rich or by those so situated as to be in a position to 
cut and store their own supply. But now everybody 
uses it; the discomforts and dangers of life in large 
cities during the summer months are greatly alleviated, 
and physicians say that the death-rate has been mate- 
rially lessened by this cause alone. Maine furnishes a 
large proportion of the total ice crop and will unques- 
tionably continue to do so for the supply is practically 
boundless, the quality is equal to the best, and the 
facilities for harvesting and shipping exceptionally 
extensive and efficient. Those controlled by the Bangor 
Ice Company are particularly good and as they are used 
to excellent advantage this company holds a leading 
position in the trade. It was incorporated in 1890, but 
the business was established in 1865 and has reached 
great magnitude, both wholesale and retail buyers being 
supplied. Ice of excellent quality can be supplied by 
the shipload, carload or ton at bottom rates, the wharf- 
age and loading facilities being such as to ensure the 
prompt and convenient loading of the largest vessels. 
A large local retail trade is carried on, the delivery 
being frequent and reliable and the charges low. The 
office is at No. 5 Kenduskeag block, and is connected by 
telephone No. 1 — 3. The officers of the company are as 
follows: Charles E. Field, president; John F. Wood- 
man, secretary and general manager; Charles L. Snow r 
treasurer. 



NE ALLEY & CO., Dealers in Cordage, 
Chains, Anchors, Blocks, Wire Rope and Chandlery,. 
Nos. 20 & 22 Broad St, Bangor, Me., HINCKS & CO. 
Coal Dealers 20 and 22 Broad Street. The firm of Nealley 
&Co., Dealers in Cordage, Chains, Anchors, Blocks, Wire- 
Rope, Raft Rope, Lath Yams, Yellow Sheathing Metal. 
Tar, Pitch, Oakum, Chandlery, etc., and the firm of 
Hincks & Co., dealers in Coal and Wood, both hold a 
leading position in their special line of business, both 
have an office a Nos. 20 and 22 Broad St., both are pre- 
pared to fill wholesale and retail orders at short notice 
and at bottom rates, and both are composed of the same 
individuals, Messrs. Edward B. Nealley and Charles L. 
Snow. The premises utilized at Nos. 20 and 22 Broad 
St., comprise 3 floors and basement measurement 50x60- 
feet and contain a vey large and complete stock of Ship 
Stores, Paints, Oils, Chandlery, etc., including the pro- 
ductions of the leading manufacturers. Messrs. Neally 
& Co., quote bottom prices and employ sufficient assist- 
ance to ensure the prompt filling of every order. Messrs- 
Hincks & Co., have their office only in this building; their 
coal yard being on Sanford Steam Ship Co's., old wharf 
and their wood yard on Market St., near Cumberland. 
Their coal yard can accommodate 6,000 tons, being the 
largest on the river, and their delivering facilities are 
such that the largest wholesale and retail orders can be 
filled without delay, — the lowest market rates being 
quoted at all times. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



WILLIAM H. BEADFOED, Fire, Life and 
Accident Insurance, 5 Kenduskeag Block, Bangor. The 
great majority of property owners place all their insur- 
ance through local agents on the same principle that the 
merchant advanced as an excuse when one of his travel- 
ing men complained that the bookkeeper had kicked him. 
■" My dear sir," said the merchant, "you can't expect 
me to attend to all the details of the business myself." 
The most successful men, generally speaking, are those 
who make the most intelligent and free use of facilities 
available, and the facilities offered by a well established 
and ably managed insurance agency ensure results far 
more satisfactory that could otherwise be attained. Mr. 
William H. Bradford has been in the insurance business 
for more than ten years and has established relations 
with leading companies which make the service he offers 
particularly desirable, especially when his record for 
prompt and careful attention to all business entrusted 
to him is taken into consideration. A leading specialty 
is made of fire insurance, and large or small lines can be 
placed in standard companies promptly and on the most 
favorable terms ; but life and accident policies are also 
issued through this office. Mr. Bradford representing 
such leading companies as the United States Mutual 
Accident and the Mutual Life, of New York. The fire 
companies represented are as follows : Home, N. Y. ; 
Hanover Fire, N. Y. ; Springfield Fire & Marine, Spring- 
field; Franklin, Penn. ; Girard, Penn. ; American, Mass. ; 
Delaware In. Co., Delaware ; Western, Toronto, Can.; 
N. Y. Bowery, New York. Comment on this list is 
quite unnecessary and we will merely add that Mr. 
Bradford occupies spacious and finely equipped offices 
at No. 5 Kenduskeag Block, and employs sufficient 
assistance to ensure the prompt transaction of all busi- 
ness placed in his hands. 



MES. F. QUINN, Fine Millinery, 2 Dolan 
Block, Main St., Bangor. The Millinery and Fancy 
Goods establishment carried on by Mrs. Quinn at No. 2 
Dolan Block, Main st., opposite the Opera House, is at 
least as well known as any similar store in the city, and 
it is not at all surprising that such should be the case 
for the enterprise in question was inaugurated very 
nearly a quarter of a century ago, it having been started 
in 1867, by Misses Gilloghly & Connor, who were suc- 
ceeded by Mrs. Quinn in 1870. Her excellent taste and 
long and varied experience in catering to the most fastid- 
ious trade enable her to turn out work which is unsur- 
passed in this city if not in the entire State, and as she is 
a very close and skilful buyer and enjoys favorable rela- 
tions with jobbing and importing houses she is enabled 
to quote very low prices on strictly first-class millinery 
and Fancy Goods; her stock always being large and 
complete and including the very latest fashionable 
novelties. Employment is given to 7 efficient assistants 
and orders are assured immediate and painstaking atten- 
tion and can generally be filled at very short notice. 



BANGOB WOOD CO., Office and Wood 
Yard, Rear of Court House, Hammond St. Also Corn 
Brooms & Brushes. The business carried on by the 
Bangor Wood Company is properly two businesses in 
one, for the company not only deal in Hard and Sofc 
"wood, etc., but carry on the enterprise founded in 1886 
by Messrs. E. P. Patterson & Co., and now Patterson 
& Eldredge, Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Corn 
Brooms and Brushes, and carried on under that firm 
name. They are prepared to fill orders for Brooms and 
Brushes at short notice and to quote bottom prices on 
each grade handled. The office is on Hammond st., in 
rear of the Court House, where premises comprising 4 
Hoors of the dimensions of 50x65 feet are occupied. 
The company deal in all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood, 
Birch Edgings and Kiln Dried Kindlings ; wood being 



sawed and split to suit and delivered to all parts of 
Bangor and Brewer. Hardwood Hearts and Bale Shav- 
ings will be supplied in quantities to suit at bottom 
prices ; and the concern are sole agents for Bangor and 
Brewer for the Penobscot Kindling Wood Co., who pro- 
duce what is conceded to be the best and cheapest kind- 
ling for coal or wood ever introduced to the public. 
Employment is given to 12 assistants and this branch of 
the business is under the direct management of Mr. H. 
Parker, who maintains the service at a very high stan- 
dard of efficiency. 



W. W. EMEBSON & CO., Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Groceries, Provisions and Country 
Produce, Pickled and Dried Fish. 21 Broad St., 70 
Pickering Square, Bangor, Me. The general popularity 
of the establishment carried on by Messrs. W. W. Emer- 
son & Co., affords the best possible evidence that it is 
liberally, ably and progressively managed, for the resi- 
dents of Bangor and vicinity have a well-earned reputa- 
tion for knowing a good thing when they see it and they 
certainly would not patronize an enterprise so largely as 
they do this unless solid advantages were to be gained 
by so doing. It is not claimed that this concern quote 
lower prices than every other; that they handle goods 
superior to those obtainable anywhere else, or that they 
offer inducements that cannot be paralleled, but it is 
claimed that bottom prices are named on all the com- 
modities dealt in, that no better goods can be found in 
the market than are here offered, and that no trouble is 
spared to satisfy every reasonable customer, and as 
these claims are all based on fact they fully explain the 
leading position of this representative store. The present 
firm-name was adopted in 1885, the proprietor being Mr. 
W. W. Emerson, a native of Hampden, Maine, and one 
of the best-known men in his line of trade in the city. 
He employs 3 assistants and sells groceries, provisions, 
country produce, pickled and dried fish both at wholesale 
and retail, being prepared to fill all orders large and 
small at short nocice. The premises occupied are located 
at No. 21 Broad St., and No. 70 Pickering t q., and con- 
tain one of the most skilfully chosen and complete 
stocks of the kind that can be found in this section. 



FEANKLIN" STABLE, Franklin St., Bangor, 
Me. Boarding, Transient and Storage, Franklin Stable 
Co., CHAS. JONES, Manager. The Franklin Stable, 
recently opened is claimed to be the most commodi- 
ous, best lighted and best ventilated stable in Bangor, and 
certainly is a model establishment of its kind and one 
that has few equals anywhere. Everything in and about 
the premises is new, sweet and clean and under the pres- 
ent m inagement is sure to remain sweet and clean al- 
though it can't remain new, for Mr. Charles Jones, 
the manager for the Franklin Stable Company prop- 
rietors of the establishment, is an experienced stable- 
man, having formerly been with Mr. F. W. Nichols, 
and is very careful and thorough in his methods. A 
sufficient number of assistants is employed to ensure 
the prompt doing of all necessary work, under the care- 
ful supervision of Mr Jones, and a visit to the place 
will result in any unprejudiced person being convinced 
that the company and the manager are determined to 
maintain the service at the very highest standard of ex- 
cellence and run this as a strictly first-class stable in 
every respect. Boarding, Baiting and Stabling with the 
very best of care are afforded at the usual rates, despite 
the uniform superiority of the accommodations, and the 
stable can easily accommodate 40 horses. So liberally 
conducted an establishment deserves the hearty support 
of the public, and we are happy to say that it has thus 
far received it for although this stable was not opened 
until 1891 an extensive business has already been built 
up and the patronage is steadily increasing. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS A? FN 



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GEOEGE S. TOOTHAKER, Flour, Teas, 
'Coffees, Spices, receiver of Butter, Eggs, Cheese, aud all 
kinds of Country Produce, 20 Water Street, Bangor, 
Maine. Good flour does not always mean good bread, 
for a great deal depends upon the mixing, but poor flour 
invariably means poor bread, and as poor bread is an 
abomination, being both unpalateable and unhealthful, 
it of course follows that poor flour is dear at any price. 
A really excellent grade of flour may be bought at a 
very low figure if discrimination be used in the placing 
of the order, and it is an open secret among Bangor 
people that Mr. George S. Toothaker quotes positively 
bottom prices on very superior grades of flour in both 
bag and barrel lots. He makes a specialty of handling 
family flour and constantly carries a large stock of the 
most reliable and popular brands. Teas, coffees and 
spices are also largely dealt in, goods of guaranteed 
purity and of fine flavor being offered at very low rates. 
Mr. Toothaker is a receiver of butter, eggs, cheese and 
all other kinds of country produce, and his assortment 
-of such commodities is always seasonable and complete. 
He is a native of this State, and has carried on his 
present enterprise about a decade, having started in 
1881. Two floors and a basement, located at No. 20 
Water Street, are occupied, and sufficient assistance is 
•employed to ensure prompt attention to every caller. 



0. L. KELLEY, Dealer in Fresh and Salt Beef 
and Fish. 112 Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine. 
The policy pursued by this gentleman of handling 
none but dependable goods, and of quoting the very low- 
est prices that can be named on such articles has had 
the natural result of gaining great popularity for this 
establishment since Mr. C. L. Kelley a«sumed control 
in 1889, for the public are quick to appreciate liberal and 
honorable methods and may be depended upon to pat- 
ronize any enterprise conducted in accordance with such 
principles. He employs two efficient assistants and as 
he also gives personal attention to the various details of 
his business, is enabled to ensure prompt and polite at- 
tention to every caller. The fresh and salt beef, fish, 
etc., offered by Mr. Kelley are selected from the most re- 
liable sources, and are hard to equal for superior quali- 
ties, and as he is a careful buyer and has become famil- 
iar with the taftes of his regular customers he has no 
left over stock to accumulate, which he is obliged to 
force upon those who patronize him. The premises are 
located at 112 Hammond Street, and are 25x30 feet in 
dimensions. Every effort is made to make this store a 
favorite with the most economically disposed as well 
as with the most fastidious. 



P. H. McNAMARA, Dealer in Fruit, Con- 
fectionery, Periodicals, and Cutlery. Cigars, Pipes and 
Tobacco, Etc., 15i- Exchange Street near Depot, Bangor, 
Maine. Mr. P. H. McNamara, is a native of Mass- 
achusetts, but has resided in Bangor some years and has 
a large circle of friends here. In 1889 he founded his 
present business and has already built up quite a trade, 
for his goods are desirable, his prices low and his methods 
accommodating, and that makes a strong and popular 
combination. It is rather difficult to say in a word just 
what Mr. McNamara's busness is for he deals in a vari- 
ty of articles, and to say that he carries on a Fruit store, 
a Periodical Store, a Cutlery Store, or a Cigar Store, 
would give a wrong idea of his establishment aud yet he 
deals in Fruits, Periodicals, Confectionery,Cutlery, Cigars, 
Pipes, Tobacco and a variety of other articles, and 
what is more, quotes bottom prices on desirable goods. 
The best way to find out what his store is like is to call 
and see for yourself, and that may be easily done for it is 
centrally located at No. 15^ Exchange St., near the 
depot. Callers are assured prompt and courteous at- 
tention and all tastes can be satisfactorily catered to. 



J. F. WOODMAN & CO., Dealers in Coal 
of all Kinds. No. 5 Kenduskeag Block, Bangor, Maine. 
There is an enormous amount of coal consumed in 
Bangor and vicinity, and some of the local concerns 
dealing in this indispensable commodity will compare 
favorably with any in the State as regards the magni- 
tude and perfection of their facilities and their ability to 
fill all orders promptly and at bottom rates. A case in 
point is that of the firm of J. F. Woodman & Co., who 
deal in coal of all kinds and have an office at No. 5 
Kenduskeag Block. Mr. Woodman was formerly a 
member of the firm of T. G. Stickney & Co., aud has 
had long and varied experience in the coal trade, being 
thoroughly familiar with the business in all its branches. 
The concern carry a very heavy stock of domestic, steam 
and blacksmith's coals and are prepared to furnish them 
in quantities to suit, from ton to cargo lots. The 
delivery facilities are such as to ensure the prompt fill- 
ing of orders, the quality of the goods in the several 
grades is uniformity satisfactory, and the rates to both 
wholesale and retail buyers are as low as the lowest, so 
we need hardly add that a very extensive business is 
done. 



W. H. EDMUNDS, Optician, dealer inWatcnes, 
Clocks and Jewelry. Solid Silver and Plated Ware. No. 15 
Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine. It is a singular fact 
that many persons who have their clothing made to or- 
der because they find that ready-made clothing does not 
fit them properly will purchase and use "ready-made" 
spectacles and apparently never have the idea enter their 
heads that such spectacles may "fit" even than the worst 
ready-made garments. And yet the varieties of vision 
and particularly of defective vision are almost endless and 
there is not one chance in a thousand that a pair of spec- 
tacles bought at random from one not a competent op- 
tician will really "fit" the purchaser. Ill fitting cloth- 
ing injures merely one's appearance and that but tem- 
porarily; ill fitting spectacles or eye-glasses injure one's 
eyesight and the injury is permanent and in fact is 
constantly increasing. On the contrary, scientifically 
chosen spectacles will so aid the eyes that further im- 
pairment of the sight is generally arrested and in many 
cases is a marked improvement in the vision so that 
it is the height of folly to put off using glasses, as long 
as possible, as many do thinking thereby to preserve 
their sight. Straining the eyes cannot possibly benefit 
them, and to do without spectacles after the sight has 
become impaired inevitably causes constant, and serious 
srains, consult a competent optician at once and if in or 
Dear BaDgor you cannot possibly do better than to con- 
sult Mr. W. H. Edmunds, who has had a quarter of a 
century experience, and is as well versed in the theory 
as in the practice of optics. He will test the vision and 
furnish spectacles and eye glasses perfectly adapted to 
the case, and we may add that his charges are uni- 
formly moderate. Mr. Edmunds also furnishes other 
optical goods, such as Microscopes, Telescopes, Opera 
Glasses, etc., and deals in Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, 
Solid Silver and Plated Ware, carrying a fine stock and 
quoting very low prices. A specialty is made of the 
manufacture of Solid Gold Jewelry to order, and of the 
engraving of Monograms, Ciphers, Inscrptions, in fact, 
any device, motto, etc., that may be desired. Watches, 
clocks and jewelry are repaired in a neat and durable 
manner short notice, this being one of the most import- 
tant departments of the (business. Mr. Edmunds' store 
is at No. 5 Hammond St,, and sufficient assistance is 
employed to ensure prompt and careful attention to 
every caller. The proprietor is a native of Vermont 
and during his long and honorable business career has 
become almost universally known in Bangor and vi- 
cinity. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



G. S. FAEEINGTON&CO., 2 Harlow Block, 
East End Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor. Family Groceries. 
The business carried on by Messrs. G. S. Farrington & Co. 
at No. 2 Harlow Block, East End of the Kenduskeag 
Bridge, is one of the oldest established as well as 
one of the best known and most popular of the kind in 
Bangor. It was inaugurated just about a quarter of a 
century ago, operations having been begun in 1866 by 
Messrs. Norton & Farrington. The original location 
was on Central St., but in 1869 the business was removed 
to Exchange St., and in 1879 to its present position. 
The existing Arm name was adopted in 1879 but the pres- 
ent co-partnership was formed in May 1891, Mr. Chas. 
F. Lewis becoming a member. Mr. Lewis is a native of 
Bangor, Mr. Farrington is a native of Brewer, Maine, and 
during his long and honorable business career has be- 
come one of the most widely known and highly esteemed 
of our local business men. Although employing an 
ample force of experienced and reliable assistants the 
members of the firm always give close personal atten- 
tion to the various departments of the enterprise and 
has spared no trouble to maintain the service at the 
highest possible standard of efficiency, so that the popu- 
larity of the store is due not only to the magnitude and 
completeness of the stock, the excellence of the goods, 
and the lowness of the prices but also to the prompt and 
careful attention given to every order and the accuracy 
with which orders are delivered, promptly at the time 
promised. 



WHITNEY & CAMEEON, Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Corn, Flour, Oats and Feed; Also Salt, 
Poultry Feed and Stone Ware; And Agents for Portland 
Cement Drain Pipe ; No. 2 Mercantile Square, Bangor, Me. 
The firm of Whitney & Cameron are deserving of promi- 
nent mention among those representative houses which 
have made the city of Bangor so widely and favorably 
known as a purchasing centre, for since the formation 
of this firm in 1882, they have considerably extended the 
business founded by Messrs. Morrill & Palmer, in 1880, 
and have built up a most enviable reputation for prompt- 
ness and accuracy in the filling of orders and furnishing 
commodities of uniformly dependable quality at the 
lowest market rates, both at wholesale and retail. They 
deal in corn, flour, oats and feed, together with salt, 
poultry feed and stone ware, and are agent= for Portland 
cement drain pipe, being prepared to supply it in all 
sizes and quantities at manufacturers' rates. The prem- 
ises occupied are located at No. 2 Mercantile square, and 
comprise three floors of the dimensions of 20 x 60 feet, 
and a four-story store-house. Messrs. J. F. Whitney and 
G. F. Cameron are both natives of this state and are very 
generally known in business and social circles; Mr. 
Cameron is a member of the city council. Both partners 
give the business close personal attention, and the ser- 
vice is prompt and efficient at all times. 



G. W. & C. S. LEIGHTON, Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Beef, Pork and Poultry ; Venison and 
Game in its Season ; Vegetables of all Kinds; Taylor's 
Block, No. 69 Pickering Square, Bangor, Me. Many a 
housekeeper is looking for just such an establishment as 
that carried on by Messrs. G. W. & C. S. Leighton at 69 
Pickering Square, and we take pleasure in commending 
so thoroughly a first-class house to such inquirers, for 
we know their methods are bound to please, and the 
stock is so large, and made up of such a variety and of 
such superior quality, as to make marketing a pleasure, 
rather than a perplexing task. They are both wholesale 
and retail dealers in beef, pork and poultry, venison and 
game in its season, and vegetables of all kinds. These 
gentlemen have been dealing with the public for twenty- 
six and fifteen years respectively, and hence are well- 



known to the purchasing public and are experienced 
buyers, and have just fitted up their new store in Tay- 
lor's block, with every facility for supplying the public 
with the very best goods obtainable, and at as low a 
price as can be named on goods of equal merit. The 
firm is a popular one, and its members give close per- 
sonal attention to the business. 

J. G. WALEEE & CO., Commission Mer- 
chants. Wholesale Grocers, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees, 
Cigars, Tooaccos, Ncs. 64 Pickering Sq. and 13 BroadSt., 
Bangor, Me., The enterpise conducted by Messrs. J. G. 
Walker & Co., is of comparatively recent origin, having 
been inaugurated in 1889, but it is nevertheless entitled 
to very prominent and favorable mention in a Review of 
Bangor's most notable mercantile undertakings for it 
has already attained a leadiing position, and as regards 
the solid advantages offered it has no reason to fear com- 
parison with any undertaking of a kindred character. 
Messrs. J. G. Walker & Co., are commission merchants, 
Wholesale Grocers, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees, Cigars 
and Tobacco, they occupy four floors measuring 22x 
50 feet each, located at Nos. 64 Pickering Sq. and 13 
Broad St., and carry a heavy stock embracing all the 
commodities usually found in a first-class wholesale 
grocery. The leading specialties of this houseare Teas 
and Coffees, and they are prepared to furnish goods that 
will suit the most fastidious trade and to quote positively 
bottom prices on all grades and kinds, they also deal 
extensively in Illuminating and Lubricating Oils of all 
kinds. An adequate force of assistants is employed and 
orders by mail or telephone (No. 167-3) are assured as 
prompt and careful attention as if given in person, no 
pains being spared to guard against error and ensure 
early and accurate delivery. The firm is constituted of 
Messrs. J. G. Walker and W. A. Snow, both natives of 
Winterport, Maine. They give the business close super- 
vision and the result maybe seen in the uniform effici- 
ency of the service. 



FEANK D. BULLEN & CO., Clothiers and 
Merchant Tailors, Furnishing Goods. Boots, Shoes, Hats 
and Caps, Corner State Exchange and Streets, Bangor, 
Me. There are people who consider it a waste of money 
to have clothing made to order : there are others who 
"wouldn't be seen wearing ready-made clothing," to 
use their own words, and there are still others who 
have no predjudice against either class of clothing and 
who therefore wear rendy-made at one time and cus- 
tom made at another, and there is a firm— that of Frank 
D. Pullen & Co., that caters satisfactorily to each and all 
of these three classes of trade and is therefore the house 
you should patronize when you wish to replenish your 
wardrobe. Their store is located at the corner of State- 
and Exchange Sts., the premises comprising three 
spacious floors and containing a stock of Ready-Made 
Clothing, Foreign and Domestic Woolens, Furnishing 
Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps that must truly be 
'•seen to be appreciated" for words would fail to doit 
justice. There's many a clothing store in Boston that 
makes far more unsatisfactory showing and as for prices, 
— well, if you think you can save money by buying in 
Boston you could not be more mistaken if you tried. 
Callers at this establishment are assured prompt atten- 
tion and courteous treatment and everythiog sold to you 
from a collar button to a dress-suit, is guaranteed to 
prove just as represented. The business was founded 
by Mr, Frank D. Pullen in 1867, and in 1884 was re- 
moved to the present location. The existing firm is 
made up of Messrs. Frank D. Pullen and George W. 
Pullen both natives of Maine who are too generally known 
in this section to render further personal mention nec- 
essary. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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FICKETT & NASON, (Successors to G. W. 
Leighton) Dealers in Beef, Pork and Fish, Oysters, 
Clams, Lobsters, Lard, Hams and Poultry, Vegetables 
of all kinds. 10 West Market Sq., Bangor, Me. One of 
the best stocked, as well as most popular stores in 
Bangor, is that conducted by Messrs. Fickett & 
Nason, at No. 10 West Market Square, and the popu- 
larity of this establishment is not to be wondered at, for 
the goods offered are excellent in qual ty and extremely 
varied in kind ; the prices quoted are uniformly moder- 
ate, and the service is prompt, and efficient, in every 
way. This business was started in 1881 by Messrs. 
Cobb & Leighton, they being succeeded in 1883 by G. 
W. Leighton, and he by the present firm of Fickett & 
Nason in 1889. Messrs. Oscar A. Fickett and Charles S. 
Nason are both natives of Bangor and are evidently thor- 
oughly familiar with the requirements of local trade, 
for the business has flourished under their directions, 
and is still steadily increasing. The premises occupied 
are about 2000 square feet in dimensions, and the avail- 
able space is fully taken up by the exceptionally heavy 
and complete stock, which comprises, Beef, Pork, and 
Fish, also Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, Lard, Hams and 
Poultry, as well as Vegetables of all kinds. The exten- 
sive wholesale and retail trade transacted requires the 
services of three reliable assistants and no trouble is 
spared to assure prompt attention to every caller and to 
fully satisfy every customer. 



HAEEIGAN & HACKETT, 84 Hammond 
Street, Bangor. Furniture Repaired. First class Uphol- 
stering and Repairing at short notice. Those who believe 
in the old saying " A penny saved is a penny earned " 
will thank us for calling to their attention the enter- 
prise carried on by Messrs. Harrigan & Hackett, at No. 
^4 Hammond st., for many a penny may be saved by 
making use of the facilities of this concern, and the 
saving entails no self denial but on the contrary enables 
those who profit by it and practice it to have things 
which otherwise they would have to do without. 
Messrs. Harrigan & Hackett make a specialty of the 
repairing of furniture and in many cases are able to sur- 
prise their customers by returning to them furniture 
that looks as "good as new "although it was pretty 
well used up apparently when the firm received it. 
Being skilful upholsterers they are able to do all 
branches of furniture repairing and to quote lower prices 
than would be possible if they had to send any of their 
work out. Old style furniture can be re-upholstered and 
changed entirely in appearance at but a fraction of the 
cost of new articles, and the firm are in a position to fill 
orders at very short notice; for instance they will if 
desired make over mattresses in one day. The business 
was established more than 12 years ago, and no more 
reliable concern can be found in this city. 



BtOSCAB F. PATTEN, Wholesale Milliner; 
Trimmed Work a Specialty; No. 12 Main Street, Up 
Stairs, Bangor, Me. Without for an instant denying the 
very obvious fact that the magnitude of Bangor's whole- 
sale trade is primarily due to the advantages of location 
enjoyed by the city, it may still be maintained that the 
ability and enterprise of those engaged in this depart- 
ment of commerce have been and are potent factors in 
extending Bangor's reputation as a distributing centre ; 
for under the keen competition of the present day, the 
most powerful natural advantages avail but little unless 
reinforced by energy, tact and resolution. In few, if any 
branches of trade, is competition keener than in the 
wholesaling of millinery goods, and it speaks volumes 
for the ability and resources of Mr. Oscar F. Patten that 
he should have been successful in building up his pres- 
ent extensive business during the comparatively few 



years since its inception in 1885. He has had twenty-five 
years' experience in the wholesale business, and is too 
well known here to need extended personal mention. As 
for his business methods, we will only say that he does 
not allow himself to be undersold ; that he carries a very 
large and complete stock, comprising an exceptionally 
desirable assortment of trimmed work of which he makes 
a specialty ; that he is prepared to supply the very latest 
fashionable novelties without delay, and that his trade is 
exclusively wholesale. The warerooms are at No. 12 
Main street, up stairs, and callers are assured prompt 
and courteous attention. 



STETSON, CUTLEE & CO., Manufacturers 
of Lumber, Lime, Lath, Cedar Shingles, Clapboards, 
etc. ; Boston, St. John and Bangor, Me. The firm of 
Stetson, Cutler & Co. hold a leading position among the 
great Bangor lumber houses, both as regards the magni- 
tude of their business and their ability to quote bottom 
prices on long and short lumber of all kinds, but still it 
would not be correct to speak of this enterprise as a dis- 
tinctively Bangor undertaking, for it is far too compre- 
hensive in its scope, the firm having important offices at 
Boston and at St. John, besides the office in this city at 
19 Exchange street. Among the more important articles 
manufactured are lumber, lime, cedar shingles, lath, 
clapboards, etc., the concern operating very extensive 
mills at various points along the Aroostook and at St. 
John, N. B. These mills are all equipped with improved 
machinery, driven by steam power, and some conception 
of the magnitude of the business and the amount of the 
aggregate annual product may be gained from the fact 
that employment is given to 500 assistants. It goes with- 
out saying that a house having such facilities is in a ' 
position to fill the very heaviest orders at extremely 
short notice and at the lowest market rates. The pres- 
ent firm was organized in 1889, but the business is of 
much earlier origin, having been founded by Messrs. 
Cutler & Eddy, in 1870. Mr. Cutler has held many posi- 
tions of trust and honor, having been president of the 
Maine senate. The company's growth has been both 
rapid and steady, and for many years it has ranked 
high among the representative enterprises of the kind 
throughout New England. 



H. O. MILLEE, "East Side Pharmacy Cor. 
Bridge and Harlow Sts., Bangor Me., All of us have 
heard the old proverb — "The proof of the pudding is in 
the eating and with equal truth it may be said that the 
proof of Mr. H. O. Miller's competency and fitness to con- 
duct a first-class pharmacy is to be found in the enviable 
record he has made in this capacity during the many 
years he has carried on operations in this line of business 
Mr. Miller is a native of Massachusetts, and has been 
the proprietor of the "East Side" Pharmacy since 1891. 
He makes it a rule to keep his stock of drugs, medicines 
and chemicals constantly complete in every department 
and as a consequence he is prepared to compound prescrip- 
tions of any kind without delay. He obtains his sup- 
plies from the most reliable source and neglects no pre- 
caution that would tend to insure absolute accuracy in 
even the smallest details of prescription compounding. 
No. fancy charges are made, the prices being as low as 
is consistent with the use of the best obtainable mate- 
rials. A full assortment of proprietary medicine, fancy 
toilet articles, etc., is always on hand to select from 
and sufficient assistance is employed to insure prompt 
and careful attention to every caller. The "East Side" 
Pharmacy is located at the corner of Bridge and Harlow 
Street, and covers an area of some 800 square feet and is 
a thoroughly reliable place at which to deal. He enjoys 
a fine trade, at his soda fountain where are furnished as 
fine and richly flavored drinks as are to be found in 
Bangor. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



JAMES WALKEE& CO., Long and Short 
Lumber, Cooperage Stock and Boxes, Office, 62 Ex- 
change Street, Bangor, Maine. Proprietors of Basin 
Mills, Orono. The enterprise carried on under the firm- 
name of James Walker & Co., was inaugurated about 35 
years ago and from its inception up to the present time 
has held a leading position among undertakings of a sim- 
ilar kind throughout New England. The lumber busi- 
ness of Maine has changed materially in character, as 
everybody knows, during the past third of a century 
owing to the exhaustion of the supply of timber at some 
points, the opening up of other sources of supply, the 
extension of the railway system, the great improvements 
made in wood-working machinery, and other causes of 
lesser importance, but the management of the enter- 
prise now under consideration has ever been progressive 
and energetic and has so skilfully adapted itself to 
changing conditions that, as we have said, the under- 
taking has always held and still holds a leading position. 
It was founded by the late James Walker, who was 
prominent in public as well as in business life, being a 
member of the State Legislature for seven years and 
holding other offices of trust and responsibility. Since 
Mr. Walker's death, in 1881, the business has been car- 
ried on by his sons, Messrs. J. P. & E. E. Walker, as- 
sociated under the firm-name of James Walker & Co. 
which was adopted in 1868. The concern are proprietors 
of the "Basin" Mills, which are located at Orono, some 
seven miles from Bangor, and are famous even in this 
State in which great lumber manufacturing plants 
are common, for their size, the convenience of their 
arrangement and the perfection of their equipment. 
Employment is given to an average force of two hundred 
men at these mills and we need hardly add that the 
annual product aggregates millions of feet. The firm 
manufactures Long and Short Lumber, Cooperage Stock 
and Boxes, and quotes positively bottom prices, 
especially on exceptionally large orders, of which they 
make a specialty, being prepared to execute the most 
extentive commissions at extremely short notice. The 
ofiice is at No. 62 Exchange St., Bangor, and all com- 
munications are assured prompt and careful attention. 



FISHEE & OEOCKER, Succesors to Fisher & 
Stone, Dealers in Corn, Flour ,Meal, Shorts and Oats, Teas, 
Coffees, Spices, Canned Goods, Groceries and Provisons, 
No. 2 Pickering Square, Bangor. The business now 
carried on by Messrs. Fisher & Crocker, was orginally 
established in 1867 by H. H. Crocker & Co., and sub- 
sequently passed under the control of C. C. Kenney&Co. 
who were succeeded by Fisher & Stone, the firm name 
being changed to that of Fisher & Crocker in 1888. 
These gentlemen are both natives of Maine, and are very 
intimately acquainted with their present business in every 
detail. They occupy spacious and well arranged prem- 
ises at No. 2 Pickering Square containing a skilfully 
chosen assortment of Groceries and Provisions, Corn, 
Flour, Meal, Shorts, and Oats, Teas, Coffees, Spices, 
Canned Goods, and many other commodities too numerous 
to mention. These are carefully selected to meet the 
wants of local trade and will give the best satisfaction in 
every respect, while the prices quoted in the various de- 
partments of the business will compare favorably with 
those named in connection with goods of similar grade 
anywhere. Some especially choice Teas and Coffies, are 
included in the stock together with Canned Goods, put 
up by the leading packers and unsurpassed for healthful- 
ness and for delicacy of flavor. Mr. Fisher served in 
the Army during our late war and Mr. Crocker has held 
the office of Councilman. Both of these gentlemen are 
well known throughout Bangor, and spare no pains to 
maintain the high reputation for promptness and cour- 
tesy so thoroughly associated with their popular store. 



HESTEY LOED & CO., Ship Brokers and 
Wholesale Ice Dealers. One of the most widely known and 
most truly representative of Bangor enterprises is that 
carried on by the firm of Henry Lord & Co., for although 
this firm is of recent origin, having been founded in 1890, 
the enterprise it conducts was inaugurated nearly a quar- 
ter of a century ago by Mr. Henry Lord, and has been and 
is largely instrumental in promoting the welfare of this 
city and section. The firm is constituted of Messrs. 
Henry Lord & Edwin Lord both of whom are natives of 
Bangor, and the senior partner is unquestionably one of 
the best-known men in the State, for he has long been 
prominent in public as well as in business life, having 
served as speaker of the Maine House of Representatives 
in 1878, and as President of the Maine Senate 1889 and 1890, 
besides having occupied minor public offices. He is 
President of the Maine State Board of Trade, also of 
the Bangor Board of Trade, and in short is most thor- 
oughly identified with the advancement of the best in- 
terests of the State in general and this city in particular. 
Messrs. Henry Lord &Co., are Ship Brokers and Com- 
mission Merchants and Wholesale dealers in Penobscot 
River Ice, Brick, Hay, Last Blocks, Spruce, Pine and Hem- 
lock Lumber. The firm control very extreme and advan- 
tageous facilities, especially in connection with the ship- 
ping of Ice as wharfage accommodations for the largest 
vessels are available and a superior quality of Ice can be 
furnished in cargo lots if desired without delay and at 
the lowest market rates. A number of vessels are con- 
trolled by the firm and shipments of Ice, Lumber, Bricks, 
Hay, etc., can be made to domestic or foreign ports at 
short notice. A general Ship Brokerage business is 
carried on, including the procuring of coastwise 
and foreign charters; and Maine Insurance will be 
effected in leading companies on the most favorable 
terms. The office is at No, 19 ExchangeSt., and all com- 
munications to that address are assured immediate and 
careful attention. 

LEIGHTON, DAVENPOET& CO., Plumbers 
and Steam Fitteis, dealers in Plumbing Material, Steam 
Heating Apparatus and Water Piping, Exchange, cor- 
ner of York Street, Bangor, Me. The comparative stand- 
ing of the firm of Leighton, Davenport & Co., is not at all 
uncertain or difficult to define, for this concern are ac- 
knowledged leaders in the Plumbing and Steam Fitting 
business, not only in this city but throughout the state. 
They employ a large force of skilled assistants and are 
prepared to do all kinds of Plumbing and Steam Fitting 
work at short notice and at moderate rates, and careful 
attention is given to comparatively small repairing jobs, 
etc., as well as to the largest contracts, the service 
offered by the firm being uniformly and entirely reliable 
in every department. They deal in Plumbing Material, 
Steam Heating Apparatus and Water Piping, selling 
both at wholesale and retail and quoting really bottom 
prices on everything in that line. It seems superfluous 
to add that they are prepared to figure very closely 
on Plumbing and Steam Fitting work, and to carry out 
the most extensive contracts faithfully, accurately and 
rapidly. Particular attention is given to the furnishing 
and setting-up of steam-heating apparatus, and the firm 
are in a position to guarantee satisfaction to customers, 
not only as regards the cost and the efficiency of heat- 
ing plants but also as regards their economy of opera- 
tion and their absolute safety under all circumstances. 
Estimates will be cheerfully made upon application, and 
those contemplating putting in steam-heating apparatus 
may save trouble, money and time by communicating 
with this thoroughly well-equipped concern. The busi- 
ness was established away back in 1840, and the exist- 
ing firm-name was adopted in 1877. The partners are 
Messrs. H. W. Leighton, a native of Bangor; George 
Davenport, a native of Hallowell, and M. G. Trask, a 
a native of New Sharon. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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J. P. FINNIGAN, 

Cracker, Biscuit and Fancy Cake Manufacturer. 

FACTORY, 63, 6j, 67, 69 BROAD STREET. 



ASK YOUR GROCER FOR FINNICAN'S 



Fine Crackers, Blscu 



Fancy Cales. 



You will be Sure to Find them in every First-Class Store, For Sale. 

.FlflJilGflfl'S CHflCI^EHS flfiD BISCUIT 



HAVE BECOME A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. 



[s.T.a SIFECIJLLTIIlIS. 

JERSEY BUTTER CRACKERS, BAR HARBOR PILOT, 

CREIM SODA BISCUIT, BUTTER WAFERS, 

SNOW FLAKE AND DOT OYSTER CRACKERS, FAMILY CRACKERS, 



FACTORY, 63 to 71 BROAD ST., BANGOR, ME. 



The manufacture of crackers and Biscuit is a very ex- 
tensive and important industry, representing the in- 
vestment of a large amount of capital and giving em- 
ployment to many persons and, like about all other ex- 
tensive industries nowadays, the competition in it is 
very close, so that the rapid and constant development 
of the enterprise conducted by Mr. J. P. Finnigan is all 
the more remarkable and gratifying. Gratifying, we 
say, because it is an open secret that it has been brought 
about by the uniform superiority of the goods produced 
and therefore the public are materially benefitted by the 
carrying on of this representative enterprise which was 
started by J. P. Finnigan & Co. in 1881. On July 1, 
1891 Mr. J. P. Finnigan bought out his partners and is 



sole owner of this extensive enterprise. Mr. Finnigan 
was born in this city and is so well known here as to 
render extended personal mention unnecessary. Suffice 
it to say he knows his business intimately and perfectly, 
gives every detail of it close personal supervision, uses 
carefully selected materials, employs skilful and reliable 
assistants, utilizes spacious premises equipped with the 
most improved appliances, and is prepared to furnish 
fine crackers, biscuits, fancy cakes, etc., at w'holesale, at 
short notice and at bottom prices, quality considered. 
About 6000 barrels are used annually and goods are ship- 
ped throughout the State, and a portion of the Provinces. 
Mail orders being given especially prompt and careful 
attention. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



_ ■ ■ ■ ESTABLISHED 1836. ■ ■ • 

DAVID BUGBEB CO., 

Booksellers, Stationers, Bookbinders, 

Hi If i ri 1 c Book Manufacturers, 

AND DEALERS IK 

Wall Papers, Wrapping Papers, Paper Bags, Etc. 

No. 5 KENDUSKEAC BRIDGE, - - - BANGOR, MAINE. 

David Bugbee. Fine Engraving a Specialty. E. F. Dillingham. 



GLASS & THOMPSON Dealers in Meats and 
Provisions, 67 Hammond Street, Bangor. It is said that 
the cost of living in Bangor is as low, and in most 
cases lower, than in any other city of equal population in 
New England and it is certainly a fact that the residents 
of Bangor, as a whole, live better than the residents of 
most American cities, being more comfortably housed, 
dressing better and consuming a greater quantity of 
nutritous food in proportion to population. It is hardly 
necessary to add that food supplies may be bought here 
to excellent advantage, the fact being that the price of 
meats is as low and that of vegetables and other country 
produce lower than most other cities. Among the most 
enterprising firms dealing in meats and provisions pro- 
minent mention should made of Messrs. Glass & Thomp- 
son for they cater to all classes of trade, carry a large 
and complete stock and quote bottom prices on all kinds 
of meat as well as on vegetables, butter, eggs, and 
country produce of every description. Their store is 
located at No. 67 Hammond St., and callers are assured 
prompt and careful attention at all times. Both mem- 
bers of the firm are natives of Maine and have many 
friends in Bangor and vicinity. They give close super- 
vision to every detail of the business and employ 
sufficient assistance to insure the prompt delivery of 
orders, 



C. H. EICE, Jobber of Pork Eibs, Sausages, 
Ham, Lard, Etc. Sausages made, Ham cured and Lard 
rendered to order. Tallow bought and sold. Stalls No. 1 
and 2 Central Market House, Bangor Maine, Our West- 
nern friends have come to the front with meat business 
and changed things very materially since the enter- 
prise conducted by Mr. C. H. Rice was founded, more 
than a third of a century ago, and "Chicago dressed 
Beef" and Chicago Pork Products are now as well known 
in the East as the West, but nevertheless the more fas- 
tidious consumers decidedly prefer "Maine Pork" to that 
raised in the "Wild and Wooly West," hence there is a 
large demand for the products of which Mr. Rice makes 
specialties, these being Pork Ribs, Sausages, Ham, 
Lard, etc., He is jobber of those products and can 
furnish them in the very largest quantities at short 
notice and at a lower price than any place in the city, 
which accounts for the marked increase in the volume 
of his business, Mr. Rice makes sausages, cures hams 
and renders lard to order, and buys and sells tallow. 
He utilizes Stalls one and two in the Central Market 



House, where he employs two assistants thereby assur- 
ing prompt attention to every caller. This business 
was founded in 1856 by Mr. M. G. Rice and has been 
under the sole control of the present owner since 1883. 
He is a native of this city, and is very generally known 
in business and social circles throughout Bangor and 
vicinity. 



AEMOUE & CO., Chicago Dressed Beef. 
Mutton, Hogs, Provisions, Pigs Feet, Sausages, etc. 
No. 134 Broad Street, Bangor, Me. Telephone. Visit- 
ors to the World's Fair at Chicago in '93 will doubtless 
see many wonderful things, but it is safe to assert that 
they will see nothing more wonderful within the Fair 
buildings than they can see by visiting the works of 
Armour & Co., who have done so much towards making 
that city what it now is, and in this connection the 
following figures will prove of interest : Extract from 
The Business of Armour & Co. Year ending October 1, 
1890. 



Total distributive sales $65,000,000 

Hogs killed 1,450,000 ' 

Cattle " 650,000 

Sheep " 350,000 

Number of Employes 7,000 

Aggregate Wages paid $3,500,000 

Equipment of Refrigerator Cars 1,800 



Total ground area covered by buildings 50 acres 

Total floor area in buildings 140 " 

Chill room and Cold Storage area 40 " 

Storage Capacity of buildings 130,000 tons 

Armour Glue Works, Armour & Co., Proprietors. Year 
ending October 1, 1890. 

Made Glue, all kinds 6.250,000 lbs. 

Fertilizers, Grease, etc 9,000 tons 

Ground area covered by buildings 15 acres 

Number of Employes 550 



Messrs. Armonr & Co. established a Bangor agency, in 
charge of Mr. Chas. E. Perry, in 1887, and the leading 
retailers throughout this section now obtain their meats 
and provisions here; first, because the quality is uni- 
formly good, second, because the prices are uniformly 
low, third, because the largest orders can be filled with- 
out delay, and fourth, because Mr. Perry uses his 
customers right, is personally popular and spares no 
pains to satisfy every reasonable demand. Spacious 
and well-equipped premises located at No. 134 Broad 
Street are utilized, and an adequate force of thoroughly 
competent assistants employed. 



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KENDUSKEAG NATIONAL BANK, Bangor 
Me. The Kenduskeag National Bank was incorporated 
in 1864, and for many years has held a leading position 
among those institutions which have been most powerful 
in developing the resources of this city and section, 
The management of the bank has ever been progressive 
and yet conservative, changing conditions being prompt- 
ly recognized and regarded, but purely legitimate and 
approved banking principles being steadfastly adhered 
to ; the result being that the bank has steadily main- 
tained its usefulness and has preserved its credit not 
only unimpaired but unshaken through all the financial 
vicissitudes of the past quarter century. The institu- 
tion has a capital of $100,000, and its financial condition 
is so excellent in every respect as to reflect the highest 
credit upon the management past and present, and to 
prove that the implicit confidence reposed in the bank 
by business meu and the public in general is fully 
justified by the facts. The service ofl'ered includes every 
branch of legitimate banking, and the institution has 
correspondents throughout the country, and other 
facilities which enable business to be transacted prompt- 
ly as well as carefully and accurately. It is a note- 
worthy fact that by far the greater part of the large 
aggregate ammount of deposits in this bank is made up 
of the deposits of active merchants and manufacturers 
and it is also worthy of note that much of the most 
desirable commercial paper discounted in this city 
passes through the hands of this representative bank. 
The banking rooms are located at No. 43 West Market 
square, and the officers and directors comprise the f ol- 
ing well known citizens : 

PRESIDENT, 

Frederick W. Hill. 

CASHIER, 

TV. H. S. Lawrence. 

DIRECTORS. 

F. W.Hill, E. L. Stewart, S. D. Thurston, 
F. H. Clerque, J. B. Foster. 



ALLEN & HABBIMAN, Detective Bureau, 
Licensed State Detectives and Constables of Bangor. 
Office, No. 14 West Market Square, Eoom 4, Bangor, Me. 
The detective bureau carried on by Messrs. Allen & 
Harriman has a most enviable reputation for reliability 
and efficiency, and we can most heartily recommend it 
to those in need of such services as only a skilfully and 
honorably managed private detective agency can render. 
Messrs. Allen & Harriman are licensed State detectives 
and constables of Bangor, and are thoroughly honorable 
men worthy of every confidence, as well as experienced 
and skilful detectives, so that the most delicate and im- 
portant commissions can be placed in their hands in the 
full assurance that the results attained will be as satis- 
factory as attending circumstances will permit. It is 
unnecessary to call attention to the possibilities of such 
a detective bureau as this, for every intelligent person 
knows that modern business methods and modern modes 
of living have rendered a first-class detective service a 
practical necessity, and that such a service is a distinct 
benefit to all law-abiding citizens and is designed to 
supplement and not in any respect to supersede that 
rendered by the public police officers. Messrs. Allen & 
Harriman give prompt and careful attention to orders 
from any part of the State, are reasonable in their prices, 
and treat all business as strictly confidential. Their 
office is at No. 14 West Market Sq., room 4, and those 
finding it inconvenient to call may write in the full 
aso&rance that their communication will be promptly 
a wered. The bureau was established in 1884 by Mr. 
George W. Harriman, a native of Glendon, Me., who in 
1888 became associated with Mr. T. F. Allen, a native of 
Bangor. 



HENBY MCLAUGHLIN, Storage and Com- 
mission. Front Street, Bangor. Me. Mr. Henry 
McLaughlin is a native of this city, and prominently 
connected with its business interests, the nature of his 
business being such as to ensure him a wide circle of 
acquaintances, and the magnitude of his operations 
having made him prominent in trade circles throughout 
this section of the State. He is a very successful com- 
mission merchant and is popular among both producers 
and dealers, owing to his careful regard for the inter- 
ests of consigners, promptness in making returns, and 
very close attention to all business placed in his hands. 
Mr. McLaughlin carries a very extensive and varied line 
of goods, prominent among which is a complete stock 
of H. W. Johns Mfg. Co.'s asbestos goods, and paints 
of all kinds, whose reputation for durability and. 
economy make them the most desirable liquid paints of 
any in use. Shepard's paragon coach varnish, Jewill 
Belting Co*s extra quality belting in all dimensions 
constantly on hand, wire rope, iron roofing and siding, 
ice tools, the Gilbert universal wood split pulleys, 
Norton's compound lifting jack with a capacity up to 50- 
tons. Mr. McLaughlin is also agent for the Portland 
Kerosene Oil Co., which is really a branch of the Stand- 
ard Oil Co. The storage capacity of his oil tanks in 
this city are over ten thousand barrels; a strictly whole- 
sale business is done in this branch, which covers nearly 
the whole oil supply for this city and vicinity. He also 
has a wharf with 600 ft. of deep water frontage with 
large storage sheds for the accommodation of freight. Mr. 
McLaughlin is largely interested in real estate and in 
the development and growth of Bangor as a com- 
mercial city. He is a director of the First National 
Bank of Bangor. Mr. McLaughlin occupies a large 
brick block where he is prepared to furnish storage to 
the extent of about 25,000 square feet of floor space, the 
premises being dry, light, airy and in short, suited to 
the storage of almost any commodity. They are located 
on Front street, convenient to both railway and wharves. 
All orders, communications, etc., are assured immediate, 
and careful attention. 



CENTENNIAL AMEBICAN TEA STOBE, 
No. 60 Main Street, Bangor, Joseph 1 Speers, Proprietor. 
The arguments by which interested parties try to' 
show that it is foolish to expect a dealer to give 
excellent values in teas and coffees and to give 
desirable presents also, are sometimes very ingenious 
and very plausible and would no doubt convince every 
consumer were it not for the fact that " actions speak 
louder than words," and so when a man has made a 
purchase at the Centennial American Tea Store, has 
paid less than he knows he would have had to pay else- 
where, and has got a present besides, you can't convince 
him that he has acted foolishly if you talk for a week. 
And that has been the experience of thousands residing 
in Bangor and vicinity, since this store was opened in 
1880. The proprietor, Mr. Joseph Speers, is a native of 
this city and is very generally and favorably known in 
both business and social circles. He is very enterpris- 
ing in his methods, and the magnitude of his business 
and character of his trade combine to prove that his 
wide-awake policy is widely appreciated. The store is 
located at No. 60 Main street, and has an area of 2,000 
square feet, affording ample room for a heavy stock of 
teas, coffees, spices, etc., embracing all varieties and all 
standard grades. " Speers choice Formosa Tea " at 50c. 
a pound, and handsome presents given with each pound, 
is a sample of the kind" of inducements held out here, 
and as new attractions of one kind or another are con- 
stantly being offered it is no wonder that a steadily in- 
creasing business is done, especially as orders are 
promptly and accurately filled, and all goods delivered 
free of expense. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




G. A. HUTCHINS & CO., Dealers in Ladies' 
and Gent's Fine Shoes and Slippers, No. 27 Main Street, 
Bangor, Me. — Even the least observing person can 
hardly have failed to remark the wonderful improvement 
that has been made in the manufacture of footwear of 
late years, for the best fine footwear of the present day 
is practically equal to the best custom work, the only 
difference being in the price, which is from one-third to 
one-half less than custom rates. Mr. Edwin C. Burt of 
New York has the reputa- 
tion of turning out ladies', 
misses' and children's fine 
footwear of a quality un- 
surpassed and, excepting 
in very few instances, un- 
equalled, and when we 
.state that Messrs. G. A. 
Hutchins & Co. of No. 27 
Main street, make a spec- 
ialty of Burt's goods it is 
equivalent to saying that 
they are as well prepared 
to suit the most fastidious tastes as are the leading deal- 
ers of Boston or New York. They quote as low prices 
as can be named on goods of superior quality, and their 
assortment of sizes and widths in Burt's goods and in 
those of other prominent makers is so complete that the 
anost difficult feet can be fitted. In the men's depart- 
ment a very 
fine line of 
goods is car- 
ried, a specialty 
being made of 
a fine grade of 
goods made by 
Hanan & Son 
of New York, 
who make the 
finest shoes of 
any manufac- 
turers in this 
country. Mes- 
srs. Hutchins & Co. are the only dealers in Bangor 
who sell these goods. This enterprise was started by 
Messrs. Buzzell & Hutchins in 1888, and in 1889 the 
style was changed to Hutchins & Frank, the present 
firm being formed in 1890. It consists of Messrs. G. A. 
Hutchins and J. T. Holbrook, the former a native of 
Bangor and the latter of Natick, Mass. Personal atten- 
tion is given to callers, and we can heartily recommend 
this establishment to the most critical buyers. 




THURSTON & MORGAN, House Painting, 
Paper Hanging, Graining and Glazing, 42£ Central 
Street, Bangor, Me. If Mr. Frank Thurston and Mr. B. 
F. Morgan, are not thoroughly acquainted with their 
business in every detail it is certainly not from lack of 
experience, for they are thoroughly practical painters, 
and have carried on business under the firm name of 
Thurston & Morgan since 1888. Judging from the 
reputation, the character and extent of the patronage 
enjoyed by this firm, it is safe to assume that they rank 
among the most skilful and reliable house painters in 
the city of Bangor, and that they make it an invariable 
rule to employ experienced assistants only. Messrs. 
Thurston & Morgan utilize two floors at No. 42} Central 
street, up one flight, covering an area of 1,000 square 
feet, and have every facility at hand to enable them to 
fill orders at short notice and in a thoroughly Workman- 
like manner. They use carefully selected stock and 
their work is therefore durable as well as ornamental, 
while their charges are reasonable in every instance. 
Jobbing is promptly and skilfully attended to, and as 
Messrs. Thurston & Morgan are prepared to figure 



closely on contracts for painting new houses, factories, 
etc., builders would do well to give them a chance to 
put in a bid. Six competent assistants are employed, 
and Paper Hanging, Graining and Glazing, in all its 
branches is done in first-class style, and orders by mail 
will receive immediate and painstaking attention. 

CLEMENT & BROWN MANUFACTURING 
CO., Manufacturers of Decrow Hot Air Furnace, Tin 
Waie, also General Jobbing Done at Short Notice, 101 
Broad Street, Bangor, Me. — Heating a house now-a-days 
by means of stoves is a good deal like lighting it by 
means of candles — it can be done after a fashion, but the 
results are sure to be unsatisfactoiy and the cost is ex- 
cessive. Hot air heating is the best and cheapest, as 
compared with steam or hot water heating, as it is by 
far the most efficient means which cau be employed, and 
the question as to which of these methods is the better 
adapted to any particular case, can safely be left to an 




expert who is thoroughly conversant with the peculiar 
characteristics of both systems and is equally well pre- 
pared to furnish and put in operation one or the other. 
Such a concern is the Clement & Brown Manufacturing 
Co., doing business at No. 101 Broad street, and we have 
no hesitation in unreservedly recommending them to 
our readers and to the public in general. They are the 
manufacturers of the '-Degrow Hot Air Furnace," hard 
coal soldering pot and tin ware, 
shipping cans, cream cans and 
tanks and druggists' cans. A 
specialty is made of galvanized 
family kerosene oil cans, which 
are manufactured in large 
quantities. They are general 
agents for the famous Man- 
hattan Vapor Stoves, which are 
so rapidly supplanting the oil j 
stove for summer use, being a ' 
perfectly safe stove, and so 
constructed as to be entirely 
free of danger of explosion, 
and always ready for immediate 
use. General jobbing is also done at short notice, ex- 
pert workmen are employed at all times, and the most 
extensive orders can be filled at short notice. The 
premises occupied are four floors, 22x60 feet in size,. 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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S. 0. AROHEE, State and TJ. S. Pension 
Attorney, 19 Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine. The 
advantages gained by employing the services ol a com- 
petent, energetic and honorable attorney in making and 
proving pension claims are so many, so decided and so 
generally understood that there is no need of stating 
them here, and we will simply say that such an attorney 
may be found in the person of Mr. S. C. Archer, whose 
office is at No. 19 Hammond street, and was until recent- 
ly shared by Mr. Archer with General John L.Hodgdon, 
who was Adjutant General for the state of Maine from 
1861 to 1867. Mr. Archer is a native of Cherryfield, 
Maine, and is a veteran of the late war, he having 
entered the army in November, 1861, as 1st lieutenant 
of Co. I. 13th Maine Eegiment. In December of the 
same year he was made captain of the same company, 
and in February 1862, the regiment was ordered to New 
Orleans and he was detached to take command of the 
convalescents of the 13th, 14th and 15th regiments. 
Subsequently he was ordered to Eastport, thence to 
Augusta and thence to New Orleans to report to General 
Butler. From there he was ordered to Ship Island, and 
from there to Fort Jackson on the Mississippi, where he 
resumed command of his company. Mr. Archer began 
operations as a Pension Attorney in 1884 and has been 
very successful and won golden opinions from the 
public in general and his clients in particular, for he is 
energetic, intelligent and thorough in his methods, en- 
tirely devoted to the interests of those whom he repre- 
sents, and he understands how to collect, arrange and 
present evidence to the best advantage. He has been 
instrumental not only in securing pensions for many 
but also in increasing the rates of old pensions, and 
those who have not received any increase would do well 
to send him for an Increase Pension Blank, as recent 
legislation secures much better rates than were formerly 
given. Mr. Archer secures pensions for widows of 
soldiers, and dependent mothers and fathers, also bounty 
and arrears of pay for soldiers, their widows, parents, 
children, or brothers and sisters. He procures honorable 
discharges and collects all sums due to technical de- 
serters ; their disabilities having been removed by new 
laws, and in this connection we would remind our read- 
ers that the act of June 27, 1890, entitles all honorably 
discharged soldiers who served 90 days to from 6 to 12 
dollars. Prompt, energetic and faithful attention will 
be given to all business placed in his hands, with postage 
for return, and as thousands are yet entitled to pen- 
sions or an increase, those who have any reason to 
suspect they have valid claims would do well to com- 
municate with Mr. Archer at once. Mr. Archer is a 
regular registered attorney for pension business at Wash- 
ington, D. C, and is prepared to transact any legal busi- 
ness requiring the service of an attorney. 



L. W. LEWIS, Fish, Oysters and Clams, 57 
Broad Street, Bangor, Me. . It is considered as one of 
the axioms of business that excellent goods can always 
be obtained by those who are willing to pay for them, 
but as a matter of fact this does not invariably prove 
true, for there is doubtless not one among our readers 
but what has found difficulty at times in securing first 
class goods at any price. Take it in the matter of fish 
alone, and every experienced purchaser knows that 
there are dealers who, while quoting the highest market 
rates still do not handle really first-class goods, except- 
ing occasionally. On the other hand there are some 
who follow an opposite policy, and among these must 
justly be placed Mr. L. W. Lewis for he spares no pains 
to supply his customers with the choicest goods obtain- 
able and at prices which will compare very favorably 
with those of dealers by no means as careful in this 
respect. Mr. Lewis began operations in 1891 and is 
building up a thriving and desirable trade. The premises 



occupied at No. 57 Broad street comprise two floors, 
with an area of some 800 square feet and the stock com- 
prises all kinds of fresh fish, oysters, and clams. It is 
safe to say that when Mr. Lewis cannot supply a certain 
article in the line of fish, it is not to be had in the 
market, and it is also safe to say, that at no establish- 
ment in Bangor, is better value given for money receiv- 
ed. Both a wholesale and retail business is done. 



GALLAGHER & GARLAND, Wholesale 
Grocers, No. 76 Pickering Square and 29 Broad Street, 
Bangor, Me. A concern may have excellent facilities, 
large capital, a high reputation and a well established 
trade, and still offer a service more or less unsatisfactory 
in character owing to there not being that close personal 
supervision given every department of the business 
which is essential to the attainment of the be3t results. 
On the other hand, when such supervision is provided 
a thoroughly satisfactory service is practically assured 
and just here is the secret of the success attained by 
Messrs. Gallagher & Garland since they began opera- 
tions in 1890, for they have given personal attention to 
the filling of every order ; have spared no pains to satisfy 
every customer; have shipped goods promptly and 
accurately, and have quoted prices which (combined 
with the other advantages noted) have had the effect of 
already building up a large trade. The partners, Messrs. 
C. P. Gallagher and R. P. Garland, are both natives of 
Bangor and are both widely and favorably known here 
in business and social circles. The concern utilize 
premises located at No. 96 Pickering sq. and No. 29 
Broad st., and comprising 4 floors, of the dimensions of 
22 x 60 feet. A large and varied stock of samples and 
fancy groceries is carried, and sufficient assistance is 
employed to enable all orders to be filled without delay 
and in the most painstaking and accurate manner. 



FRED E. SPRAGUE, Dealer in Drugs and 
Medicines, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Etc., No. 80 Ham- 
mond Street, Bangor, Me. It is perfectly safe to assert 
that there is no other line of business in which careful 
and skillful attention to detail is so absolutely essential 
to success as in the retailing of drug3 and medicines, 
for a single error in the compounding of a prescription 
may result in a loss of public confidence which will 
undo the work of years of faithful effort, and no ex- 
planation will set matters right, even if it be proved 
that the fault was with the physician and not the 
druggist. Probably this will always be so, for the 
issues involved are so grave that as Napoleon said con- 
cerning a soldier's duty, "A blunder is worse than a 
crime." The precautions taken to avoid the slightest 
mistake in the perscription department of a well- 
regulated drug store are so many and so well-considered 
that the chance of serious error is practically eliminated, 
as is proved by the record mide by the establishment 
conducted by Mr. Fred E. Sprague. He was born in 
Maine, and now ranks among the most prominent resi- 
dents of Bangor. He served in the army during our 
late Southern war, and lost his lef b leg in the service. 
He is at present a justice of the peace. He has carried 
on business at the corner of Hammond and Clinton 
streets since 1890. But has had 19 years experience in 
the business and is a registered druggist. His store is 
thoroughly fitted up, and containing a large and com- 
plete stock of drugs, medicines, chemicals, etc., obtain- 
ed from the most reliable sources. Prescriptions are 
compounded in the most methodical and skillful manner 
at short notice, the charges being moderate in every 
instance. Mr. Sprague employs efficient assistants, 
callers thus being assured immediate and courteous 
attention. While the prices quoted will be found to 
compare favorably with those named by other dealers 
in articles of equal merit. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



GEO. W. LADD, Grocer, Commission Mer- 
chant, and Dealer in Lumber, No. 74 Exchange Street, 
Bangor, Me. In a collection of sketches of the leading 
business men of Bangor it would be an obvious absurd- 
ity to omit mention of Mr. George W. Ladd, and yet the 
man and his career are so widely known that it is diffi- 
cult if not impossible to present any new information 
concerning them. For more than half a century has Mr. 
Ladd been actively engaged in business in this city, he 
has always had supreme confidence in Bangor, her 
people and her institutions, he has done and is doing 
much to promote her welfare, and yet his sympathies 
and efforts are by no means confined to local channels 
but include the entire state, he appreciating the often 
forgotten fact that healthful, pronounced and permanent 
development is not an affair of cities, of townships or of 
counties, but of a much broader field. Naturally, there- 
fore, he is an ardent advocate of improved railway 
facilities, a strong opponent of narrow restrictions of 
trade, and a firm believer in broad and liberal measures. 
During his term of service in the forty-sixth and forty- 
seventh congresses as a member from the fourth district 
he added great to his popularity while adhering strictly 
to his principles, and gained the entire respect of his 
most able political opponents, even though they differed 
from him in questions of policy. Mr. Ladd was born in 
Augusta, Maine, and began operations in Bangor in 1839 
as a druggist and apothecary. At the end of ten 
years he was doing the largest business of the kind in 
the state, but delicate health obliged him to seek more 
active employment, and he found it in building opera- 
tions in Bangor, and in exporting lumber to the West 
Indies. He is now a heavy real estate owner, having a 
large property within the limits of this state, and also 
has about $10,000 in wild lands in Florida. Mr. Ladd is 
at present a wholesale grocer, commission merchant and 
dealer in lumber, utilizing a very spacious store and 
warehouse located at No. 74 Exchange street, together 
with large lumber storehouses in the rear. A heavy and 
varied stock of groceries is constantly carried, and an 
extensive commission trade is conducted in such staple 
commodities as corn, flour, pork, fish and molasses. 
Every department of the business is carefully systemized 
and supervised, and the service is as prompt, painstaking 
and reliable as if the undertaking had a reputation to 
make instead of being an acknowledged leader through- 
out the state. 



MEYEEM. LEVY'S Bangor Clothing Store, 
3 Kenduskeag Block, Bangor, Uuder Public Library.— In 
every community, whether it be large or small, there 
are certain houses which are recognized as the leaders 
in their particular line, and there is no branch of busi- 
ness but what this rule applies to, for as sure as a par- 
ticular industry or branch of trade is represented 
at all, just so sure must some one concern lead, 
other houses following more or less successfully as the 
case may be. Of course in so important a trade center 
as Bangor is, there are numerous examples of this truth, 
and among the most striking of them is that afforded by 
the position held by the "Bangor Clothing Store," Meyer 
M. Levy, proprietor. This stoie is located at No. 3 
Kenduskeag Block, under Public Library, and since 
1889 has been under the control of the present proprietor. 
Mr. Levy is a native of New York city, and has at- 
tained a good position as a dealer in gentlemen's cloth- 
ing of all kinds. The premises occupied comprise two 
floors, each measuring 20x60 feet, a heavy stock always 
being carried, which includes the very latest novelties, 
and is complete in every department. Employment is 
given to three assistants, who are competent to give 
courteous and prompt attention to every caller, while 
the pnces will be found reasonable for the fine quality 
of goods exhibited. 



DE. T. PBESCOTT MOEEY, Dentist, 78 
Main St., Bangor, Me. In one sense, the extraction of 
teeth without pain may be regarded as one of the 
greatest triumphs of science for the nerves of the teeth 
are so acutely sensitive and the teeth are so firmly fixed 
in their places that it would seem impossible to extract 
them without causing great suffering, or without using 
such powerful agents to suspend the operation of the 
nerves or the brain as to seriously endanger the whole 
organism. But, as all of us know, this seemingly im- 
possible task is accomplished thousands of times daily, 
the patients being made unconscious by anaesthetics, 
such as nitrous oxide gas, ether and chloroform. Nitrous 
oxide or "laughing" gas is generally used as it acts 
quickly, is very effective, and permits rapid and com- 
plete recovery, —its effects wearing off in a very few 
minutes in the great majority of cases, but many 
persons will not "take gas" under any circumstances 
and others cannot do so safely and it is this class 
especially who will profit from the invention of what is 
known as the "atmospheric obtundo" by Dr. T.Prescott 
Morey, for this enables teeth to be painlessly extracted 
and is entirely free from the objectionable features 
of gas, ether, etc. Dr. Morey is a native of Hampden, 
Maine, and has practised his profession in Bangor 
since 1888. He is a graduate of the Boston Dental 
College and is a thoroughly expert practitioner in all 
the departments of dentistry including the extraction, 
the filling and the making of teeth. Spacious and finely 
equipped rooms located at No. 78 Main street are oc- 
cupied, every facility being provided to enable opera- 
tions to be carried on in accordance with the most im- 
proved methods. Dr. Morey has complied with all the 
requirements of the law in obtaining a registered trade 
mark to protect his method, atmospheric obtundo, he has 
also sworn affidavits from a notary public in regard to 
the non poisonious nature of the drug, and in no way 
could cause bad results from its use. After three years 
of practice atmospheric obtundo has not brought about 
any bad results in any person. 



WM. F. COBBAN, Insurance, No. 142 Ex- 
change Street, Bangor, Maine. Mr. William F. Curran 
is a native of Bangor, and for several years has been 
engaged in the insurance business, during which time he 
has written many policies on all clas ses of insurable 
property in Bangor and vicinity and has built up an 
enviable reputation by the promptness, accuracy and 
care with which he has executed all commissions en- 
trusted to him. Mr. Curran has never claimed for him- 
self and would certainly not wish to have any one claim 
for him that he is in a position to place insurance in first- 
class companies below the regular rates, for in spite of the 
loud assertions made by some agents the fact remains that 
no man can do that. But Mr. Curran can justly claim that 
he makes his client's interests his own and spares neither 
time nor trouble to advance them in every honorable 
way, and no more can reasonably be asked or expected 
from any man. He occupies a spacious and pleasant 
office on the street floor at No. 142 Exchange street, and 
employs sufficient assistance to ensure the prompt 
execution of all business placed in his hands. The 
total assets of the companies represented exceed $140,- 
000,000, the list including the following representative 
fire and life companies : 

Equitable of Providence, 

United Firemen's of Philadelphia, 

Northwestern National of Milwaukee, 

Citizens of Pittsburgh, 

British America of Toronto, 

Buffalo German Insurance Company of Buffalo, 

People's Fire Insurance Company of Manchester, N. H. 

Mutual Life of New York. 



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0. R. IRELAND & CO., Dealers in Flour, 
Grain, Feed and Salt. No. 10 Broad Street, Bangor, 
Maine. The Business carried on under the firm name of 
C. B. Ireland & Co. has for a number of years held a 
prominent place among the mercantile industries of 
Bangor, and its trade and influence under the present 
management is steadily increasing. This enterprise was 
established by Mr. B. W. Gubtil. The present pro- 
prietor assuming entire control in 1884. The premises 
made use of are located at No. 10 Broad street, and com- 
prise four floors, each 25 by 94 feet in dimensions. 
Both a wholesale and retail trade is carried on and Flour, 
Grain. Feed and Salt are largely handled. The lowest 
possible prices uniformly prevail, and square dealing is 
the invariable rule of the house. Mr. Ireland is a native 
of Stetson. Me. He has been connected with the city 
government of Bangor as Alderman, and is one of her 
most widely known and highly esteemed business men. 
Competent clerks are employed, k while the proprietor 
gives careful personal attention to every detail of the 
business. His facilities for carrying on the same being 
all that could be desired. Ample accommodations for 
customers are provided, and every order, large or small, 
will be accurately filled and promptly delivered to any 
address. 



BANGOR EXCHANGE, Boarding and 
Livery Stable, Win. D. McGregor & Son, Proprietors. 
Letting Teams to Traveling Men a Specialty. Corner 
Cross and Columbia Streets, Bangor, Me. As the ''Ban- 
gor Exchange" hotel is and long has been a pronounced 
favorite among traveling men, it is very fitting that the 
Bangor Exchange, Boarding and Livery Stable should 
make a specialty of letting teams to commercial 
travelers, and this is just what is done by Messrs. Wil- 
liam D. McGregor & Son, the present proprietors of the 
establishment. This firm have not had charge of the 
stable a great while, it coming under their control early 
in the current year (1891), but they have carried it on 
long enough to show that they are the right men in the 
right place, and already they have made so favorable an 
impression on the public in general and traveling men 
in particular, that the Bangor Exchange Stable is one of 
the most popular establishments of the kind in this 
section and the "knight of the road" are outspoken in 
their commendation of it and say that for prompt ser- 
vice, square and liberal dealing and intelligent catering 
to the needs of traveling men, Messrs. McGregor & 
Son not only "take the cake" but all the rest of the 
bakery, too. The stable is located at the corner of Cross 
and Columbia streets, and can accommodate 30 horses. 
Some excellent teams are available for livery purposes 
and orders will be promptly and carefully filled, — no 
fancy charges being made under any circumstances. 



WEST SIDE NEWS COMPANY, J. E. 
Dolan. Books and Stationery. 94 Main Street, Bangor, 
Me. It is said that a lady may be known by her gloves 
and her boots, and a gentleman by his linen; the idea 
being, of course, that good breeding is manifested more 
especially in minor details of the toilet than in the 
wearing of expensive garments, and the same principle 
applies to the stationery used in social correspondence, 
for as a rule the best-bred persons are the most careful 
to avoid anything cheap or commercial appearing in the 
paper and envelopes they use. Showy and gaudy sta- 
tionery is to be shunned of course, but it is easy to 
secure appropriate writing paper and envelopes by 
patronizing a store where a specialty is made of fash- 
ionable stationery, and such a store may be found at 
No. 94 Main st., Mr. J. E. Dolan being proprietor. He 
is a native of this city, served three years as clerk in the 
Bangor post-office and ha3 a large circle of friends 



throughout this section. Besides in dealing in stationery 
for social correspondence he carries a full assortment 
of business stationery, office supplies, etc., and also an 
attractive stock of small wares, and a full selection of 
books, periodicals, daily and weekly papers. A very 
large stock of miscellaneous articles in great variety 
from the choicest to the cheapest, all the latest novelties, 
both useful and ornamental, works of art etc. Sub- 
scriptions for any paper, magazine or periodical re- 
ceived. Sufficient assistance is employed to secure 
prompt and careful attention to every caller. 



S. T. PEARSON & CO., Sail Makers, Manu- 
facturers of Tents, Flags, Italian Awnings, Etc., over 
Messrs. Nealley & Co., 14}- Broad Street, Bangor. — Such 
of our readers as have tried their hands at sail making 
will readily agree that a very considerable amount of 
experience and skill is absolutely necessary in order to 
produce really good work, and as this is the case it 
naturally follows that the length of time a concern has 
been established has an important bearing upon its 
ability to fill the most difficult orders in a thoroughly 
satisfactory manner. The enterprise conducted by 
Messrs. S. T. Pearson & Co. was started in 1S67, so we 
need hardly add that this firm is prepared to execute 
orders for sail making in all its branches in a uniformly 
skilful style, satisfaction being assured to every custom- 
er, and work being done at short notice and at reasona- 
ble rates. The loft is located at No. 14J Broad street, 
over the store of Messrs. Nealley & Co., and is supplied 
with all facilities not only for sail making but also for 
tent, flag and awning making, the firm having an es- 
pecially high reputation in connection with the manu- 
facture of store and house awnings perfect in fit, attrac- 
tive in style and durable in material and workmanship. 
Employment is given to eight assistants and orders are 
assured prompt and careful attention. Mr. S. T. Pearson 
and J. D. Mulvaney constitute the firm. Mr. Mulvaney 
has served on the school committee and as alderman, 
and both he and Mr. Pearson are so widely known 
hereabouts as to render further personal mention un- 
necessary. 



N. W. WHITMAN, Groceries and Pro- 
visions, Meats and Fish, No. 32 and 34 Earlow Street, 
Bangor, Me. We are all of us more or less interested in the 
subject, for we are also more or less inclined to be par- 
ticular about what we eat, and quite right it is to 
entertain certain scruples in this direction, for a great 
many grocers and provision dealers, who furnish the 
public with these articles of our diet are not as scrupu- 
lous in what they sell as they might be. We mean to 
convey the impression that many men who are engaged 
in this line of business, frequently take advantage of 
the unsuspecting public, and deal out to it inferior goods 
at high prices. There is one, and only one way to avoid 
being taken in, in this respect, and if our readers will 
lend us their attention, we would say to them, buy your 
groceries, provisions, meats and fish at a store known 
to do business in an upright straight-forward manner ; 
a house that is known to keep none but those goods 
calculated to be a fair equivalent for the money you 
are obliged to pay for them, a house which seeing that 
a certain line of goods is not as it should be, will not 
palm it off on its customers, just the same as though 
they were all right. In other words, patronize a store 
where none but strictly honorable business methods are 
employed. Such a house you will find in that of N. W. 
Whitman, dealer in groceries, etc., at Nos. 32 and 34 
Harlow street, in this city. It was started in 1890 by 
Mr. Whitman, who is a native of Bangor and well known 
throughout the vicinity. The store is 30 by 60 feet in 
dimensions, and a first class line of everything choice in 
groceries, provisions, meats and fish is kept in stock. 



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BBAGG, CUMMINGS & CO., Wholesale 
Grocers, No. 1, 3 and 5 Broad Street, 17 and 19 Picker- 
ing Square, Bangor, Me. The premises utilized by 
Messrs. Bragg, Cummings & Co., at Nos. 1, 3 and 5 
Broad St., and Nos. 17 and 19 Pickering Square, com- 
prise five floors of the dimensions of 40 x 75 feet and 
are so spacious, well arranged and well equipped that 
they would merit more than passiDg mention even were 
they much less attractive architecturally than is the 
case. But as it is, this store is one of the handsomest in 
the city and it is fitting that it should be occupied by a 
representative wholesale grocery firm whose operations 
extend throughout this section of New England. They 
carry a very heavy and complete stock, and the arrange- 
ments for the reception, storage and shipping of goods 
are very efficient; a capacious elevator running from 
cellar to attic, and a large force of assistants being 
employed so that all orders are accurately filled at very 
short notice. The business was founded in 1864 by 
Messrs. Bragg and Westcott, and several changes in 
ownership have since occurred, but the senior partner 
of the present firm, which was formed in 1887, has been 
identified with the enterprise from the beginning. Mr. 
Warren A. Bragg was born in China, Maine, has served 
in both branches of the Bangor City Government, and 
is almost universally known throughout this section as 
is also Mr. Edwin A. Cummings. who was born in 
Bangor, and was in the post office 28 years before 
engaging in his present undertaking. Mr. Willard L. 
Bragg was also born in Bangor, has been connected 
with the business more than ten years, and is widely 
known in social as well as mercantile circles. 



OSCAE E. WASGATT, Teacher of Violin, 
21 Main Street, Bangor, Maine. The violin is the most 
perfect of musical instruments, and it is also one of the 
most generally popular, even in this country, where, if 
we may believe certain critics who assume to speak 
with authority, a genuine love for music is not so com- 
mon as in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and some 
other foreign countries. We Americans are impulsive, 
and are apt to be temporarily carried away by en- 
thusiasm for one thing or another, — examples of this 
being afforded by the "craze" for banjos which followed 
an unusually brilliant "minstrel" season, and the great 
demand for mandolins and guitars which succeeded the 
advent of the so-called "Spanish Students*' — but the 
popularity of the violin is perennial and must continue 
so long as a genuine taste for music is inherent in the 
community. The violin has the reputation of being a 
difficult instrument to learn to play, and this reputation 
is justified by the facts, inasmuch as the capacity of the 



violin is practically endless, and hence no man has ever 
mastered it and no man ever will, but one may become 
a pleasing and even an accomplished performer at a less 
outlay of time than is required to attain an equal degree 
of proficiency on the organ or even the piano. Much 
depends upon the teacher, of course, and in this connec- 
tion we take pleasure in calling attention to the service 
offered by Mr. Oscar E. Wasgatt, whose rooms are at 
No. 21 Main street. Mr. Wasgatt is a native of Bangor, 
and has a large circle of friends in this city. lie is a 
pupil of Mullaly of Boston, and began giving violin 
lessons in 1885. Mr. Wasgatt is an accomplished 
musician, and (what does not by any means necessarily 
follow) is an excellent teacher. He is very thorough 
and painstaking, and takes a personal interest in every 
pupil, the result being that progress is sure and rapid, 
correct habits are inculcated from the start, and the 
pupil is taught to think for himself— which is the true 
end of all education, musical or otherwise. 



PIEEEE M'CONVILLE, Ship Broker and 
Wholesale Dealer in Penobscot Elver and Fresh Pond 
Ice ; Ice Packed for any Voyage ; Shipper of all Kinds 
of Lumber, White Pine a Specialty, Selling Agent for 
Turks Island and Curacoa Salt, Offices 28 and 30 Ex- 
change Street, Bangor, Me. It is just about a third of a 
century since Mr. Pierre M'Conville began operations 
here in Bangor, for it was in 1858 that he founded the 
business that was destined to become one of the most 
important of the kind in the city and to have a decided 
influence upon Bangor's commercial development. Mr. 
M'Conville is one of the best known, personally, of all 
our business men and is as well known in social as in 
trade circles, so that extended personal mention is quite 
uncalled for. His business is that of a ship broker and 
wholesale dealer in Penobscot Eiver and Fresh Pond ice, 
and he is also a shipper of all kinds of lumber, (making 
White Pine a specialty, however) and is selling agent for 
Turks Island and Curacoa salt, being prepared to fur- 
nish salt in cargo lots at bottom rates. Ice will be 
packed for any voyage, and the wharfage facilities are 
excellent, being adapted to large vessels, and the load- 
ing facilities are ample and of the most efficient type. 
Mr. M'Conville's offices are at Nos. 28 and 30 Exchange 
street, and communications to that address will be as- 
sured immediate and careful attention. 



DEXTEB ASTDBEWS, Manufacturer of and 
Dealer in Ash and Spruce Oars of all Kinds, Paddles and 
Poles, 95 Broad Street, Bangor, Me. Mr. Dexter 
Andrews has been engaged in active business in this 
city ever since 1852, and has long held a leading position 
among our truly representative manufacturers. He is a 
native of Brookfield, Me., and has a large circle of 
friends throughout Bangor. Mr. Andrews is a manu- 
facturer of and dealer in ash and spruce oars of all 
kinds as well as paddles, poles, etc. The premises 
occupied by him are spacious in dimensions and located 
at No. 95 Broad Street. A large and complete stock is 
constantly carried, and can be supplied at remarkably 
short notice and at the very lowest market rates. 
Orders for the manufacture of ash and spruce oars, 
paddles and poles of all kinds, are given prompt and 
skillful attention, no better work being done in the 
State than that turned out by this old-established house. 
Mr. Andrews makes a specialty of the manufacture of 
these goods and has many commissions of this kind to 
execute, for his record proves his ability to attain the 
best results, and his reputation affords the best possible 
evidence that every agreement made will be faithfully 
carried out. Long experience and unsurpassed facili- 
ties enable him to figure very closely on jobs of this 
kind, and the advantage of dealing with a thoroughly 
responsible party are also to be taken into consideration. 



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WHITE STAE STEAM LATJNDEY, 100 
Exchange Street, Bangor, Me., Brackett <fc Littlefteld, 
Proprietors. There are those who think there is a mint 
of money in the laundry business, and firmly believe 
that given a plant of improved machinery, suitable prem- 
ises, and a population to wash for, and the amassing of 
a fortune is only a question of time, and not a very long 
time either. Well, that may have been the case once 
but it is not so to-day, — not by a jug-full, or a barrel- 
full if that will make it more emphatic. Careful and 
"brainy" management and hard work are at least 
essential to success in this business as in any other now- 
adays, for the general average of laundry work is pretty 
high as far as quality is concerned, while the prices are 
pretty low, so the only way to build up a large trade 
rapidly is either to do especially fine work or else cut 
prices, — and at present rates if you take the latter 
course the chances are that the sheriff will take an 
interest in your business before many moons. Messrs. 
Brackett & Littlefield, proprietors of the "White Star" 
Steam Laundry, wisely decided to depend upon the 
unusual excellence of their woi k rather than upon the 
lowness of their rates to "catch the public," and they 
have "caught on" so firmly that the White Star is to 
day one of the most popular laundries in this portion of 
the state. Messrs. Brackett & Littlefield take pleasure 
in calling the attention of their patrons to the fact that 
not a particle of chloride of lime, acids or iniurious 
chemicals of any kind, are used in the process of wash- 
ing; nothing but a fine quality of soap, made on the 
pemises, is used, so that the linen is not destroyed by 
bleaching, as is the case in other steam and hand 
laundries, with scarcely an exception. To make the 
contrast more emphatic, they assert that their regular 
work wears twice as long as that of other laundries, 
and three times as long as the Chineman's. 

The persistent use of lime by laundries has created a 
prejudice against laundry work, but the fact is certain 
that no method of washing is so easy on the linen as 
that employed by a well regulated steam laundry, if 
the use of lime or bleaching compounds is avoided, as is 
the case at the White Star Steam Laundry. Work is 
certainly better, and it should be mentioned that a 
specialty is made of family washing and guarantee to 
do the work satisfactorily. The White Star is located 
at No. 100 Exchange street, the premises comprising 3 
floors and a basement and measuring 20 x 80 feet. They 
are equipped with the most improved machinery and 
orders are promptly filled and accurately delivered. 



A. P. EOGEES, Manufacturer of and Dealer 
in Light and Heavy Harnesses. Repairing Promptly 
Done. Blankets, Trimmings of all Kinds, Whips etc. 
12 Haymarket Square, Bangor, Me. It is by no means 
any easy task to judge a harness correctly by its ap- 
pearance, for poor stock can be very completely disguised 
in new work, and the only decisive test is that afforded 
by actual use, but the purchaser can protect himself by 
buying from one who is known to make and sell reliable 
goods, and r,o one in Bangor has a higher reputation in 
this respect than Mr. A. P. Rogers at No. 12 Haymarket 
Square. He was born in this city and has made many 
friends by his honorable methods since founding his 
present business. He is a manufacturer of, and dealer 
in Light and Heavy Harnesses, and in prepared to 
furnish them at the lowest market rates and fully 
guarantees them to prove as represented. Trimmings, 
Whips, Brushes, Combs, and horse furnishings in general 
including Blankets and Robes are represented in the 
stock so that these goods can be supplied without delay, 
and repairing will be done at very short notice, in a 
neat, durable and thoroughly workmanlike manner. 



N. A. KENNEY, Wholesale and Eetail Deal- 
er in Fish, Oysters, Clams and Lobsters, Meats of All 
Kinds, Poultry, and Venison in its Season, No. 32 Cen- 
tral Street, Bangor, Me. There are few cities so for- 
tunately located as Bangor is as regards the supply of 
fish, both salt and fresh water varieties, shellfish, meats 
of all kinds, poultry and game, not to mention fruits, 
vegetables, eggs, milk and country produce of every 
description, and if the residents of Bangor don't live 
"high" it is certainly not for lack of opportunity. But, 
as a matter of fact, they do live pretty well, and as the 
residents of the adjacent country also believe in gener- 
ous living there is a very extensive retail and wholesale 
trade in fish, meats, etc., carried on in this city. Mr. N. 
A. KeDney has a goodly share of this trade, for he sells 
both at wholesale and retail, and offers unsurpassed in- 
ducements to buyers of fish, oysters, clams, lobsters, 
meats of all kinds, poultry and venison in its season. 
He was born in Maine, was in the army during the 
rebellion, and has carried on business in Bangor for a 
number of years, removing in 1890 to his present loca- 
tion, No. 32 Central street, where he utilizes three floors 
and a basement, measuring 20x50 feet. A large stock 
is constantly carried, facilities for the safe keeping of 
fish, meats, etc., in the hottest weather being provided, 
and, as the stock is varied as well as large, all tastes 
and all purses can easily be suited. 



FILES BAKEEY, No. 65 Exchange Street, 
Bangor, Me. If it be true that " bread is the staff of 
life," then some people have very unsatisfactory staffs 
to suffort them during their journey through the world, 
for the bread made by not a few housekeepers is, to say 
the least, not all tempting. But there is no need of 
eating poor bread as long as Files' bakery is in existence 
or at least as long as it is under the present manage- 
ment at all events, for one may get the very best of 
bread — light, nutritious add wholesome — here, and the 
price is so low that all can afford to buy. And bread is 
biit one of many first-class articles produced here, 
the others being cake of all kinds and pastry of every 
description. Good pastry is even harder to make than 
good bread, but they evidently " know the com- 
bination " at this popular establishment, for the pies 
here produced are simply delicious. The bakery is 
located at jMo. 65 Exchange street, and is fitted up 
with all necessary facilities; employment is given 
to six assistants, and callers are assured prompt and 
courteous attention. 



SMYTH & SCOTT, Fashionable Millinery, 
62 Main Street, Bangor, Me. One of the inconveniences 
of removing from one place to another is the difficulty 
of placing orders for goods intelligently in the new 
place of residence before one has become acquainted 
with the comparative standing of the several houses in 
each line of business; and one of the chief aims of this 
book is to obviate that inconvenience so far as Bangor is 
concerned at all events, by giving "inside" information 
concerning the chief branches of trade. For instance, 
we can confidently recommend the establishment con- 
ducted by Misses Smyth & Scott to those wishing to 
place orders for fashionable millinery work, for the 
taste and skill displayed in the productions of this con- 
cern have given it a leading place in the front rank, 
although it was formed as late as September, 1887. The 
premises utilized at No. 62 Main St., contain a most 
attractive stock of millinery goods, veilings, ruchings, 
etc., and the latest novelties in trimmed and untrimmed 
hats and bonnets are also well represented. But special 
attention is given to custom work, and sufficient skilled 
assistance is employed to ensure the prompt filling of 
every order. 



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M. H. ANDREWS & CO., Dealers in Pianos, 
Organs and Musical Merchandise. Pianos : Decker 
Bros., Hallet & Davis, Wheelock, Knabe, Briggs, 
Sterling. Organs: Estey, Sterling, Palace. 76 Main 
Street, Bangor, Maine. The firm of M. H. Andrews & 
Co. was organized in 1890, and carries on what is con- 
ceded to be the largest establishment for the sale of 
pianos, organs, music, musical merchandise and sewing 
machines in the State of Maine. The concern is made 
up of Messrs. M. H. Andrews and George W. Knight, 
the former a native of Bethel, Me., and the latter of 
Garland, Me. If we should say that " everyone knows 
Mr. Andrews" it would scarcely be an exaggeration, 
and if we should say " everyone who is at all interested 
in music and has lived in Bangor or vicinity for any 
length of time knows Mr. Andrews well, by reputation 
at least," it would be no exaggeration at all, for he has 
been a prominent Bangor musician since 1866, and as 
teacher of instrumental music, as teacher of dancing, 
as leader of Andrews orchestra, as conductor of the 
Cecilia club, and in other capacities of more or less im- 
portance he has been before the public for a quarter of 



a century. Mr. George W. Knight is also prominently 
and favorably known in business and financial circles 
having for very many years been engaged in the whole- 
sale dry goods business, was formerly a member of the 
firm of S. & J. Adams, subsequently becoming senior 
partner under the firm style of Knight, Bolfe & Emer- 
son, then of Knight, Emerson & Adams; Mr. Knight 
retiring in 1890, and became associated with Mr. 
Andrews as above stated. Both members of the firm 
give personal attention to the business. The premises 
occupied by the firm are located at Nos. 72 and 76 Main 
Street, and also over No. 76 and over No. 74; it being 
necessary to control a large amount of space in order to 
accommodate the heavy stock carried and the extensive 
and rapidly increasing trade. No less than 15 different 
makes of pianos are handled, many of the leading manu- 
facturers being represented, and the firm also handle 
the most popular organs, in fact, any first class piano or 
organ can be obtained through this firm. They warrant 
every instrument to prove just as represented, and quote 
prices which are literally " as low as the lowest." Sheet 
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furnished at low rates, and the concern are prepared to 
supply any musical publication or piece of vocal or 
instrumental music at short notice and at publisher's 
rates. Both a wholesale and retail business is done, and 
■employment is given to 8 assistants. 



THOMPSON & COSMEY, Agents for Glen- 
wood and Elmwood Ranges, Parlor Stoves and Fur- 
naces, Tinware, &c. 8 Pickering Square, Bangor, Me. 
Stove Repairs a Specialty. It is said there is no rule 
without au exception, but so long as coal and wood cost 
money and time is of value it may be doubted if there 
will be an exception to the rule that it pays to buy a 
first-class stove, range or furnace, for even if you do 
have to pay a little more for such an article than for one 
that is old in style or imperfect in construction you will 
save fuel and time enough by usiug it to soon "even 
■up " on the cost, and what you save afterward will be 
clear gain; therefore buy the best you can get, and to 
get the best, place your order with Messrs. Thompson 
•& Cosmey, doing business at No. 8 Pickering Square, 
for'they are agents for the famous " Glenwood " and 
" Elmwood" ranges, parlor stoves and furnaces, which 
are unsurpassed for economy of fuel, efficiency and ease 
of management, and are sold by Messrs. Thompson & 
Cosmey at very low prices, considerably lower indeed 
than those usually quoted on first-class stoves. This 
-concern give particular attention to the handling of 
stoves, and make stove repairs a specialty, carrying so 
complete a line that all ordinary orders can be filled 
without any delay. They also deal largely in stove 
goodSj tinware and kitchen furnishings, and quote 
bottom prices on all these article. This business was 
founded some 40 years ago, and the present firm suc- 
ceeded Messrs. Thompson & Murch in 1891. Employ- 
ment is gived to 3 assistants. 



J. A. WALLIS, Manufacturer of Soda, 
■Ginger Ale, Mineral Water, Syrups, etc. Agent for the 
Moxie Nerve Food. 106 Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. 
The demand for " carbonated waters " (which is the 
technical term for ginger ale, tonic beer, soda water and 
other preparations made by charging water with car- 
bonic acid gas and adding flavoring matter) is steadily 
growing and has already reached enormous proportions, 
it having brought about the investment of hundreds of 
thousands of dollars in costly machinery and having 
built up a business giving employment to thousands of 
persons. The popularity of these waters is a subject for 
public congratulation, for history and experience show 
that artificial beverages are necessities, and it is obvious- 
ly better to use non-intoxicating drinks, especially when 
they are not only harmless but positively beneficial, as 
is the case with carbonated beverages, properly made 
from suitable materials. It is an easy matter to obtain 
strictly first-class carbonated waters by using care in 
the placing of orders, and especially easy for residents 
of Bangor and vicinity, for it is hardly an exaggeration 
to say that " everyone " in that city and section knows 
Mr. John A. Waliis, personally or by reputation, as the 
leading manufacturer of and dealer in carbonated 
waters, and it is also known that the quality of his pro- 
duction 5 ; is uniformly excellent, which is not surprising 
for he has been in the business about half a century 
(since 1842), his machinery is of the most improved 
type, his materials are carefully selected, and the water 
used is from a spring of exceptional clearness and purity. 
Mr. Waliis makes a leading specialty of ginger ale, and 
the beverage he sells under that name is no more like 
the wishy-washy stuff so common in the market than 
Cheese is like chalk. It contains a full allowance of 
^ginger to the square inch, and after drinking it you 
don't have to inquire the name— that is if you know 
ginger when you taste it. He also manufactures soda, 



mineral water, lemon, strawberry, sarsaparilla, cham- 
pagne cider, syrups, etc., and is agent for the Moxie 
Nerve Food which he is prepared to furnish in quanti- 
ties to suit at the lowest rates. He is also the only 
authorized agent for the Matthew's patent steel, block- 
tin lined fountains. Mr. Waliis recently removed to his 
present quarters, No. 106 Exchange St., where he occu- 
pies 4 floors, each 18 x 125 feet in dimensions. The 
premises are fitted up with the most improved appli- 
ances, and employment is given to a large force of 
experienced assistants, so that the most extensive 
wholesale orders can be filled at very short notice as 
well as at bottom rates ; all goods being delivered to the 
cars and boats free of charge. 



JOHN A. BUPuRILL, Livery Stables, No. 
694 Hammond Street, Bangor, Me. Of course to be 
successful, a livery stable must be run on business 
principles, the same as auy other business enterprise, 
but a little judicious liberality pays for all of that and 
just here is where many stable-keepers make a mistake, 
for they apparently believe in carrying on operations 
on as close and mean a scale as possible. A man is sure 
to favorably remember an establishment where he is 
given more than he has been in the habit of receiving, 
and those stable keepers who make it a rule to supply 
their customers with unusually good turnouts at moder- 
ate rates find that liberality pays in every sense of the 
word. As a practical example of what we mean let us 
refer the reader to the establishment conducted by John 
A. Burrill at 694 Hammond St., for first-class accommo- 
dations and low prices are combined here to au unusual 
degree and we could not find a better illustration among 
all similar establishments in this section of the State. 
The horses and carriages furnished are bound to be 
satisfactory to the most critical, and those who associate 
worn-out horses and battered and worn vehicles with all 
liverv service, would do well to make trial of the facili- 
ties here offered and thus prove to their own satisfaction 
that there is no rule without an exception. Special at- 
tention is paid to boarding horses, and guaranteeing 
first-class service in every respect. 



O'DONOHUE & KELLEY, Ladies' and Gen- 
tlemen's Cafe and Eestaurant, No. 1 Pickering Square, 
Bangor, Me. We do not know why such should be the 
case, but it is an undeniable fact that a really desirable 
restaurant is the hardest establishment of all to find in 
our cities. This statement does not apply to Bangor 
alone, it is equally true of every community of any size, 
and Boston and New York are prominent cases in point ; 
not but what there are restaurants enough, in some 
cities the field is absurdly crowded, and it is in just such 
places that the scarcity referred to is most noticeable. A 
really desirable restaurant is where the bill of fare is 
varied, the food is of good quality, and is excellently 
cooked, where the service is reasonably prompt and the 
prices are within the means of others besides millionaires. 
How many such establishments can Bangor sho .v? Very 
few, and one of the best of them is that conducted by 
Messrs. O'Donohue & Kelley at No. 1 Pickering Square. 
These gentlemen are natives of this city, and well- 
known in business circles. They succeeded Mr. Fred. 
Johnson, and are prepared to serve the public in a 
manner that will command its approval. The individual 
members of the firm are Mr. P. H. O'Donohue and Mr. 
M. J. Kelley, Mr. Kelley having been eight years in the 
employ of Mr. Johnson whom they succeeded. The 
restaurant can seat sixty guests, and the tables are 
supplied with an abundant variety of seasonable food 
and patrons' orders filled without delay. They have a 
ladies dining room on second floor fitted up in very fine 
shape so that the most fastidious can be accommodated 
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CHAS. A. FOWLER, Druggist, 80 Main 
Street, Bangor, Me. The drug business carried on by 
Mr. Chas. A. Fowler at No. 80 Main street, is one of 
the oldest in the city, its inception dating back more 
than half a century, as it was founded in 1840, by 
Messrs. Jacobs and Campbell. In 1859 Mr. Daniel 
Dakin became proprietor, and in 1890 Messrs. Fowler 
& Wiswell assumed control, and in 1891 Mr. Fowler 
became sole proprietor. He is a registered apothecary, 
and makes a specialty of the compounding of physicians' 
prescriptions ; sparing no pains to afford a service that 
will prove entirely satisfactory to even the most critical. 
The stock of drugs, medicines and chemicals is complete 
in every department, and being very carefully selected 
from the most reliable sources, it may be vouched for 
as being fully up to the standard as regards the purity 
and the freshness of the articles constituting it. Every 
facility to ensure the nicest accuracy of measurement, 
thoroughness of composition, etc., is provided that 
science has devised, and as the proprietor gives personal 
attention to the filling of orders the chance of error is 
so small as to be practically non-existent. Toilet and 
fancy articles and other goods usually found in a first- 
class drug store are dealt in, and moderate prices are 
quoted in every department of the business. 



W. O. TEBBETS, Manufacturer and 
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Undertakers' and Era- 
balmers' Supplies of all Kinds, Burial Caskets, &c. No. 
19 East Market Square, Bangor, Me. Probably but few 
persons, aside from such as are engaged in the business, 
have any adequate idea of the magnitude of the whole- 
sale trade in caskets, coffins and undertakers' supplies in 
general carried ou by Bangor concerns, for this trade is 
much larger than would be supposed possible at first 
thought, a very important proportion of all the caskets, 
etc., used in this section of the State being furnished by 
Bangor dealers. One of the pioneer enterprises of this 
kind is that conducted by Mr. W. O. Tebbets, for it was 
inaugurated as far back as 1856, by Mr. E. H. Tebbets, 
father of the present proprietor, who assumed control in 
1891. This enterprise is one of the most important as it 
is one of the oldest established of the kind in this section, 
and the public in general and the trade in particular 
have long appreciated the fact that by placing orders 
with this house one is assured being suppled with 
thoroughly satisfactory goods at short notice and at the 
very lowest market rates. Spacious premises are occu- 
pied and a large and varied stock is carried, it including 
undertakers' and embalmers' supplies of all kinds, 
caskets, coffins, etc., from the most simple to the most 
elaborate in design and finish. A manufacturing, whole- 
sale and retail business is done, and under the present 
management the enviable reputation of this old estab- 
lished enterprise is fully maintained in every respect. 



JOHN McCORMICK, Gents' Clothing and 
Ladies' Outside Garments Cleansed, Pressed and Re- 
paired. Rooms over Jones' Branch Market, Kenduskeag 
Bridge, Bangor, Me. The business conducted by Mr. 
John McCormick, located over Jones' branch market, 
Kenduskeag bridge, does careful work and avoids injury 
to the most delicate fabrics. He makes a specialty of 
cleaning, pressing and repairing gent's clothing and 
ladies' garments. Mr. McCormick is a native of Gardi- 
ner, Maine, and has had experience in his present busi- 
ness to warrant his undertaking the most difficult work 
and to guarantee satisfaction ; the uniform superiority 
of the work turned out at this establishment is evident 
to the most fastidious, and the prices are so low that all 
can afford to take advantage of the opportunities offered. 
The premises occupied by Mr. McCormick are large, 
and employment is gived to four thoroughly experienced 



assistants, and work can be executed at the shortest 
notice, and orders by mail will receive prompt 
attention. 

PRITCHARD & FAIRBANKS, Dealers and 
Manufacturers of Stoves, Furnaces and Tin Ware,. 
Rubber Hose, Water Pipe and Plumbing, Cast Iron 
Sinks, Pumps, Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead, Zinc, <fec, 13$ 
Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. Even if all stoves of 
equal capacity burned an equal amount of fuel it would 
still be worth while to take pains to get the most im- 
proved kind for some are much more convenient and 
require less attention than others, but as it is it is doubly 
worth while, for the saving in fuel by the use of a really 
first-class stove is much greater than most persons im- 
agine. No special trouble is met with in getting the 
best the market affords ; the one thing essential being to- 
deal with a house that is known to be a leader in its 
special line, and few, if any, residents of BaDgor are 
ignorant of the fact that Messrs. Pritchard & Fairbanks- 
hold such a position, the business conducted by them 
having been founded in 1866. The partners, Messrs. W. 
H. Pritchard and J. A. Fairbanks, are both Maine men 
by birth, and both served in the army during the- 
rebellion. Messrs. Pritchard & Fairbanks make a 
specialty of the Royal Falmouth Range, which embod- 
ies all the desirable improvements to date, for conven- 
ience, economy, rare beauty and durability. It is 
manufactured at Auburn, Me., and is to-day the most 
popular cooking range on the market, and is admired 
and appreciated by thousands of housekeepers through- 
out the State who now enjoy its use. This firm, who* 
are always alert for any improvements of real value, 




have )ust scored another valuable point by obtaining; 
the exclusive sale, for this city, of the Walter Rotary 
Grate, which is an entirely new thing on the market,. 
and is the most effective grate yet produced. Every- 
body is familiar with the fact that the coal in a stove or 
range is first consumed on the walls or outer portion of 
fire and thus the ashes need to be removed from the 
front and back of a range without disturbing the '-core"" 
of the fire in order to get the best service from the fire - r 
this the Walter Rotary Grate does in a perfect manner 
by a slight rotary movement. Besides dealing exten- 
sively in stoves, ranges and furnaces, they carry a good 
line of refrigerators, in various sizes, which are sold at 
the very lowest rates. The firm are also manufacturers 
of and dealers in tin ware, cast iron sinks, pumps, lead 
pipe, sheet lead, zinc, etc., together with kitchen and 
laundry furnishings, water pipe, rubber hose, etc. The- 
premises made use of are located at No. 133 Exchange 
Street, and comprise five floors and a basement, each 20- 
x 60 feet in dimensions, so that ample room is at hand 
for the accommodation of the very large stock that is 
constantly carried. Orders for plumbing are assured 
prompt and skilful attention, and roofing and jobbing: 
work will be done at short notice ; galvanized gutters- 
and conductors being furnished and put up, and moder- 
ate charges being made in every insta'nce. 



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GOULD & HASTINGS, Manufacturers and 
Dealers in Pine, Spruce and Hemlock Lumber, Shingles, 
Clapboards, Laths and Pickets, Nos. 24 and 26 Exchange 
Street, Bangor, Me. Among the many lumber houses 
for which Bangor is noted and whose operations have 
done so much to make the city what it now is, there are 
some that do an exclusively wholesale business and 
others that cater to retail trade almost entirely, while a 
third class offer equal inducements to both wholesale 
and retail buyers, and among this class the firm of Gould 
& Hastings hold, and have long held, a prominent 
position, for their facilities are such that they can fill 
the largest orders promptly and at bottom rates, and 
the enterprise is so systemized and managed that the 
smallest orders are assured immediate and careful at- 
tention. Their business is the result of more than a 
score of years' faithful and intelligent work, for it was 
founded in 1870 by the present firm, composed of Messrs. 
C. W. Gould and M. M. Hastings, both of whom are 
Maine men by birth. They utilize premises at Nos. 24 
and 26 Exchange street, and operate the "Dirigo" mill 
at Brewer, a view of which is given in Brewer's histori- 
cal sketch. It is located on tide-water and is fitted up 
with improved machinery, driven by steam power. The 
firm are manufacturers of and dealers in pine, spruce 
and hemlock lumber, shingles, clapboards, laths and 
pickets, employing 50 hands, and, as we have intimated, 
are prepared to meet all legitimate competition in cater- 
ing to both large and small buyers. 



M. J. MADDEN, Manufacturer and Dealer 
in Fine'Harnesses, Horse Collars, Whips, Etc., No. 127 
Exchange street, Bangor, Me. There are some harness 
manufacturers who have a high reputation in connection 
with the manufacture of fine driving harnesses and 
some who are known as makers of superior work har- 
ness, but there are very few who, like Mr. M. J. Madden, 
excel in both branches of harness making. Much of 
his success is no doubt due to his exceptionally long and 
varied experience, for he has carried on the harness 
business in Bangor for upwards of twenty years and 
hence is thoroughly familiar with every detail of it. 
For years he has given special attention to repairing, 
and so high is the reputation he has gained for doing 
neat and durable work that we know of cases where 
parties who have had a "break down" at points remote 
from Bangor have sent their harness to Mr. Madden to 
be repaired, although of course it cost them time and 
some extra money (for express charges) to do so. He 
utilizes two spacious floors at No. 127 Exchange street, 
and carries a large and carefully made up stock, includ- 
ing fine and medium grade harnesses, horse collars, 
whips, etc., together with combs, brushes and other 
horse furnishings. Mr. Madden is manufacturer of the 
Old Bangor Team Collar, conceded to be the best work- 
ing collar sold in Maine, and he makes a specialty of 
logging and dump cart harnesses, furnishing harness 
that is "built for business" and will stand hard usage 
and plenty of it. The fact that Mr. Madden ships many 
harnesses to old patrons who have moved to other states 
is a sufficient comment on his work. 



NICKEESON, SPEATT & GEEELEY, Hay 
and Straw, Wholesale and Eetail, Commercial Wharf, 
Broad Street, Bangor, Me. It goes without saying that 
in so important a trade center as Bangor an immense 
amount of hay and straw is disposed of annually, and 
it is obvious that a house which holds a leading position 
in this line of trade is deserving of especially prominent 
mention in a review of the representative concerns of 
the city. Such a position is held by Messrs. Nickerson, 
Spratt & Greeley, who deal in hay and straw, grain, 
coal and wood, both at wholesale and retail, and enjoy 



such favorable relations with producers and possess 
such extensive facilities as to enable them to furnish 
the commodities mentioned in the very largest quanti- 
ties at short notice, and to name prices in strict accord- 
ance with the very lowest prevailing rates. The busi- 
ness was founded many years ago and was at one time 
carried on by Messrs. Kent & Fisher, who were suc- 
ceeded by Messrs. Kent & Fowle, who gave place to 
Messrs. Nickerson & Spratt in 1890, the present firm 
being founded in 1891, partners are Messrs. A. H. Nick- 
erson, Frank Spratt and Henry E. Greeley, the two 
former of whom are natives of East Corinth, Maine, and 
Mr. Greeley of Swanville, Me. Mr. Nickerson was in 
the army during the rebellion, and now holds the 
position of State Representative, both he and his 
partners being very widely known throughout Bangor 
and vicinity. The concern occupy spacious premises 
on Commercial Wharf, carry a heavy stock, employ 
three assistants, and give immediate and careful atten- 
tion to every order, large or small. 



JOB COLLETT, York Street, Corner of Ex- 
change Street, Proprietor and Manufacturer of Electrine. 
Electrine is a new medical discovery. It cannot fail 
when rightly applied, for the immediate and sure relief 
of pain, rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, sick and nervous 
headaches, lame back, morbid liver, dyspepsia, stomach 
and kidney affections, cold feet, etc. The effect is in- 
stantaneous, and no detention from business is necessa- 
ry, making it an invaluable remedy for business men 
and mechanics, as well as for women and children in all 
conditions in life. It acts immediately upon the circu- 
latory system, blood and nerves. One trial will convince 
the most skeptical. We append some of the many tes- 
timonials from those who have used Electrine. 
Job Collett : 

Dear Sir: — Have used your Electrine in my family for Rheumatic 
troubles with good results. Its effect in some instances is almost 
wonderful. W. C. Holt, Bangor, Me., April 18, 1887. 

Mr. Job Collett: 

Dear Sir: — We have used Electrine in our family for some time, 
and can testify to its almost magical effects in relieving pain. It is 
the greatest pain exterminator of the age, and is truly a friend of all 
who suffer. It ought to be in every household in the land. 

Yours truly, F. B. Hargreaves, Englewood, 111. 

Friend Job: 

You know I was complaining of Rheumatism in my right knee. I 
could not sleep and I could hardly walk. While I was at your shop 
you persuaded me to let you make an application of Electrine. I had 
little faith in it, and bought a bottle out of compliment to you. I 
never had to use it; the one application you made did the business 
for me. But if ever I should be troubled again I know that Electrine 
is a sure relief and will make old Rheumatic take a back seat. 

John T. Hoskins, Bangor, Me., December 17, 1886. 

Mr. Job Collett: 

Dear Sir:— Permit me to say that your Electrine has worked won- 
ders in my case. I was laid up three weeks from Rheumatism; stiff 
in every limb and joint, so I could not take a step. I tried everything 
that was recommended ; found no relief. In twenty -four hours after 
I had made the first application of Electinel was able to dress myself 
and walk about. Chas. F. Whitham, 

26 Spring Street, Bangor, Me., December 17, 1886. 

Ellsworth, Me , March 16, 1887. 

Mr. Job Collett, Bangor, Me. : 

Dear Sir:— I cannot recommend you Electrine for Rheumatism too 
highly. I got almost immediate relief from one application, and 
after using it for a few days the pain left me entirely and I have not 
been troubled since, (Dec. 30th, 1886.) I am of the opinion that it 
has no equal. Very respectfully, T. M. Scot . 

Ellsworth, March 15th, 1887. 

Mr. Job Collett: 

Dear Sir:— When you were here December 30th, 1886, I had Rheu- 
matism in my arm and shoulder so badly I didn't have the use of my 
arm for five weeks. After one application of your Electrine I was 
very much relieved, and in four or five days I was able to attend to 
my duties about the house. I would advise all sufferers from Rheu- 
matism to give it a trial. H. E. Pettingill, Ellsworth, Me. 

Mr. Collett is also a manufacturer of hand made files, 
whose superior files have a wide spread reputation 
among manufacturers, machinists and mechanics. Mr. 
Collett began operations in Bangor in 1845; his factory 
is located on York street, corner of Exchange. All 
orders receive prompt attention. 



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TTLEE & CONANT, Dealers in Agricul- 
tural Implements, Dairy Supplies, No. 2 Broad Street, 
Bangor, Me. While it is impossible for the retail buyer 
to inform himself as to the standing of all of the many 
manufacturers of agricultural implements it is com- 
paratively an easy matter to become acquainted with 
local houses dealing in such goods, and this amounts to 
practically the same thing, for it stands to reason that 
an honorable concern will protect the interests of its 
customers by refusing to handle articles that it has 
reason to believe will prove unsatisfactory. The 
magnitude of the business done by Messrs. Tyler & 
Conant is largely due to the popular appreciation of this 
fact for the public know this concern is worthy of every 
confidence and also know that no firm in Maine handles 
a greater variety of first-class agricultural implements 
or quotes lower prices on all the commodities dealt in. 
They also handle the best make of top carriages and 
buggies ; the name of " Tyler & Conant " on a buggy is 
sufficient guarantee of its superior excellence. The 
business was founded in 1878 by Messrs. Hardy & 
Bramer, who gave place in 1880 to Messrs. Hardy & 
Bartlett, and they to Messrs. Hardy & Conant in 1884, 
the present firm being formed in 188S and consisting of 
Messrs. F. J. Tyler, a native of Connecticut, and C. M. 
Conant, a native of Maine. Mr. Tyler carries on a large 
wholesale establishment in Boston, and both members 
of the firm have had long and varied experience in the 
business. The premises occupied are located at No. 2 
Broad St., and comprise three floors measuring 20 x 100 
feet besides a commodious storehouse, thus giving ample 
room for the carrying of a heavy stock of agricultural 
implements, dairy supplies, etc., including the following 
specialties: '76 Side Hill Plows, Steel King & Clipper 
Spring Tooth Barrows, Champion Farm Wagons, Stude- 
baker Boad Carts, A. C. T. Horse Shoe, Mowing 
Machines, Horse Bakes. All kinds of repairs. Employ- 
ment is given to a competent assistant, and orders are 
promptly filled under a guarantee that all goods shall 
prove precisely as represented. 

ABEL HUNT, Furnishing Undertaker and 
Practical Embalmer. No. 14 East Market Square, Ban- 
gor, Me. Branch Store Main Street, Bar Harbor. Both 
Offices and Besidence Connected by Telephone. By 
general consent the undertaking establishment carried 
on by Mr. Abel Hunt is accorded the leading position 
among similar enterprises conducted in this city, and 
this concession is the rightful due of an establishment 
of such long standing and unblemished reputation. It 
has been under the control of the present proprietor 



since 1874, during which period it 
has steadily gained in importance 
and the facilities have been corres- 
pondingly increased, the result 
being that no undertaking estab- 
lishment in Maine is better pre- 
pared to meet all demands prompt- 
ly and satisfactorily. Mr. Hunt is 
a furnishing undertaker, practical 
embalmer and funeral director, and 
up to a comparatively late date was 
a very extensive wholesale dealer 
in caskets and trimmings, but this 
branch of his business became so 
very important and his retail and 
undertaking trade became so large 
that he disposed of his wholesale 
business to the Star Casket Co., of 
which Mr. Abel Hunt is president 
and Mr. W. S. Hunt, secretary and 
treasurer. Perhaps the best idea 
of the magnitude and scope of Mr. 
Hunt's business may be gained 
from the extent of the premises utilized, these com- 
prising four floors at No. 14 East Market Square, five 
floors in the granite block adjoining, and two floors of 
the warehouse in rear of the engine house, East Market 
Square. A large and finely fitted up branch store at 
Bar Harbor, is also made use of, and both offices and 
residence are connected by telephone. It is almost 
superfluous to add that a house possessing such facilities 
is in a position not only to render exceptionally satis- 
factorily service but to quote the lowest obtainable 
rates. 



P. H. YOSE & CO., Importers, Jobbers and 
Betailers of Croekery, China and Glassware, Kerosene 
Fixtures, &c. No. 31 Main Street, Bangor, Maine. 
There are many good, substantial reasons why crockery, 
china and glassware should be bought from a concern 
making specialties of such goods, but these reasons may 
all be summed up in one short phrase, " better satisfac- 
tion is assured to the purchaser." Evidently this fact 
is generally appreciated in Bangor and vicinity for the 
several houses engaged in the handling of the commod- 
ities mentioned are generally well patronized while 
some among them, notably the firm of P. H. Vose & 
Co., do a very extensive business both at wholesale and 
retail which is by no means confined to this city. 
Messrs. P. H. Vose & Co. began operations, in 1S76 and 




are importers, jobbers and retailers of crockery, china 
and glassware, kerosene fixtures, etc. They carry a 
large and varied stock, requiring the occupancy of 
spacious premises at Nos. 31 and 33 Main Street, com- 
prising one floor and a basement measuring 20 x 75 ft., 
at No. 31 and a portion of the store adjoining, measuring 
20 x 40 feet. The productions of most of the leading 
foreign and domestic manufactures of crockery, china 
and glassware are handled, and a specialty is made of 
high-grade lamps and lamp goods, the very finest 
articles in the market being furnished at bottom rates. 
Plated ware made by Bogers Bros., and other leading 
manufacturers is also largely dealt in and we need 
hardly say that all goods are fully guaranteed to prove 
as represented. 



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modities mentioned. They also manu- 
facture the "Peerless Adjustable Ham- 
mock Chair," a cut of which is seen 
above, and is the most desirable device 
for ease and comfort yet put upon the 
market, and is furnished at .very low 
rates. For information address Messrs. 
Currier & Hook, Bangor, Me. 



CTJEEIEE & HOOK, Sailmakers, Manufac- 
turers of Flags, and Dealers in Cordage, Duck, Bunt- 
ing and Sailmakers Stock. Exchange Street, Bangor, 
Me. There is as much difference in sail-makers as there 
is in tailors, and indeed sailmakers have been called 
" ship's tailors," and with reason, for the appearance of 
a vessel depends greatly upon the cut and fit of her 
sails, and to the nautical eye it looks as bad to see the 
effect of a well-modelled hull and shapely spars spoiled 
by baggy or otherwise ill-fitting sails as it does to see a 
well-formed man made to look like a scarecrow by an 
ill-fitting suit of clothes. And not only the appearance 
but the sailing qualities of a vessel are influenced great- 
ly by the set of the sails, and as '• time is money," it 
pays to have sails made by thoroughly skilful hands. 
Messrs. Currier & Hook have a well-earned reputation for 
skill in sail making and they also have a reputation for 
making moderate charges, and for filling orders prompt- 
ly at the time promised, so it is no wonder that their 
services are largely availed of. Their business was 
founded in 1S50 by Mr. William I. Currier, and in 1873 
came under the control of the present proprietors, 
Messrs. William I. Currier and George B. Hook, both 
of whom are natives of Maine. Employment is given 
to 6 assistants as a general thing, but the number can 
be quickly increased when large orders that must be 
" rushed through " are to be filled. Besides carrying 
on sailmaking in all its branches the firm are manufac- 
turers of flags, awnings, hammocks, and dealers in 
cordage, duck, bunting and sail-makers' stock, selling 
at both wholesale and retail. They utilize 4,000 square 
feet of floor space in a building in the rear of No. 12 
Exchange St., and carry a large assortment of the com- 



SHEPLET'S 3IAEBLE WOBKS 
Manufacturers of Monuments, Tablets, 
Headstones, &c. No. 122 Main Street, 
Bangor, Maine. It is impossible to give 
an adequate idea of stone work, and 
particularly of cemetery work, by any 
verbal description, and therefore we will 
not attempt to describe the marble and 
granite work produced at Shepley's 
Marble Works, No. 122 Main St., further 
than to say that it is strictly first-class 
in every respect and will please even the 
most critical." But the only practical 
way to find out what it is like is to visit 
the establishment in person, and the 
time so spent will be pleasantly and 
profitably employed, for callers are 
assured prompt and courteous attention, 
are given opportunity to choose from a 
great variety of designs, some of which 
are to be seen in the shape of finished 
work, for a large stock of such is 
generally carried, and the firm will quote 
low prices and guarantee complete satis- 
faction. Monuments, headstones, tab- 
lets and cemetery work of all kinds in 
marble and granite are manufactured 
here ; a specialty being made of Scotch 
and native granite monuments and tab- 
lets, which will be made to order at very 
short notice and at very reasonable rates. 
The proprietors, Messrs. A. C. and C. F. 
Shepley, have had long and varied experience in the 
business and are both able and willing to meet all 
honorable competition, so that no one should order 
cemetery work before giving them a call. The business 
was founded in 1864 and is one of the most firmly 
established of the kind in this section of the State. 



HENBY SWEET, Livery, Boarding and Sale 
Stable, Columbia Street, Bangor, Me. The Livery, 
Boarding and Sale Stable, conducted by Mr. Henry 
Sweet, on Columbia street, is worthy of liberal patron- 
age, both from horse owners and the public in general, 
for the former may board their horses there in the full 
assurance that they will be given proper attention, while 
the latter may obtain first class teams at short notice and 
at very reasonable rates. This stable was opened by 
its present proprietor in 18S0, and has been most ably 
managed by him since that date. He is evidently an 
excellent judge of horseflesh, for he has some universally 
good animals in his stable both on sale and for livery 
purposes, and keeps them in the pink of condition at all 
times. There are accommodations for twenty-five horses 
on the premises, and a sufficient number of horses and 
carriages are on hand to properly accommodate the 
rapidly growing business. We are confident that 
those who may place a trial order with Mr. Sweet will 
thank us for calling their attention to his facilities, for 
his teams are decidedly superior to those commonly 
devoted to livery purposes. Carriages will be furnished 
for parties, weddings, funerals, etc., and customers are 
assured prompt and polite attention, while the prices 
rule very low. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



W. Z. CLAYTON, Manufacturer and Whole- 
sale Dealer in Textile Covered Caskets and Undertakers' 
Supplies, 44, 46, 48 Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine. 
Telephone 126-4. Among the manufacturers of and 
wholesale dealers in Caskets and Undertakers' supplies 
doing business in Bangor the firm of W. Z. Clayton 
holds a leading position, for although this concern is of 
quite recent origin, having been formed in 18S7, the 
enterprise with which it is identified was inaugurated 
nearly 35 years ago and the present proprietor is one of 
the most experienced and best known men in the state 
in the Undertakers' Supplies business. He is also very 
generally known in Grand Army circles he being a 
prominent member of that organization, having served 
in the army from 1861 to July, 1865, enlisting as private 
in the 1st Battery, Minn. Light Artillery, of which he 
was captain when mustered out. Mr. Clayton saw a 
great deal of active service, was at the capture of Fort 
McAllister, the siege of Savannah, was wounded in the 
battle of Shiloh, was present during the entire siege of 
Vicksburg, at the second battle of Corinth, and was a 
participant in the Georgia campaign, being present at 
the siege of Atlanta, and being with Sherman during 
his march to the sea, and through North Carolina. He 
was at his post is command of his battery when review- 
ed at Washington in 1865. Since the war Mr. Clayton 
has been actively and successfully engaged in business 
and was a member of the firm of Tebbetts & Clayton, 
the predecessors of the concern with which he is now 
identified. Mr. Clayton is a manufacturer of Textile 
Covered Caskets, producing a line of goods unsurpassed 
for completeness and tastefulness of styles. These 
caskets he supplies at wholesale and their facilities en- 
able them to fill all orders promptly and at the lowest 
possible market rates. A large business is done in Un- 
dertakers' Supplies also, many leading houses through- 
out the state being supplied. 

The office is on the first floor of the building numbered 
44, 46 and 48 Hammond street, the second and third 
.floors being utilized for manufacturing purposes. They 
are equipped with improved machinery, driven by steam 
power and employment is given to ten assistants. The 
premises are connected by telephone No. 126-4, and the 
business is so thoroughly systematized that every order, 
large or small, given in person by telephone, telegraph 
or by mail, is assured immediate and pains-taking 
attention. 



HOOPER, the Tailor, 6 Kenduskeag Bridge. 
Bangor. The question as to whether it is better to buy 
ready made clothing or to have garments made to order, is 
one whose satisfactory answer depends in a great measure 
on the tastes, habits, and means of the individual; but 
one rule to which there is no exception may be given 
and that is that orders for custom tailoring should 
-always be placed with a thoroughly reliable and well- 
equipped house for by no other course can satisfaction 
be secured. The record made by Mr. Jno W. Hooper, 
affords indisputable evidence of his ability to suit the 
most fastidious taste. Mr. Hooper is a successor to the 
late firm of Hooper & Hexter, having conducted the 
business alone since 1S90. He is a native of Bangor and 
is so well known in business and social circles in this 
city as to render extended personal mention superfluous. 
Mr. Hooper utilizes spacious and finely equipped 
premises at No. 6 Kenduskeag Bridge, and constantly 
carries such a heavy and complete stock of foreign and 
domestic fabrics, as one would naturally expect to find 
in the leading establishments of the city. We need 
hardly say that the style, trimming, workmanship, and 
fit of his garments are correct in every respect, and we 
may add that his extensive facilities enable him to fill 
all orders at short notice. 



M. F. BRACK ETT, Proprietor of Bangor 
House Livery, Sale, Boarding and Transient Stable, 105 
Main St., Bangor, Me. The Bangor House Livery, Sale, 
Boarding and Transient Stable is the largest stable in 
the city, but this fact would not be of any special in- 
terest or importance were it not for another fact — that 
this stable has been made the largest by additions ren- 
dered necessary by its great increase in popularity under 
the present management. The premises are 200 feet 
square and comprise two floors, there being excellent 
accommodations for 75 horses, — and when we say "ac- 
commodations" we don't use that word in the sense that 
it is generally used, or rather abused, in this connection, 
but we mean that 75 horses can be really "accommo- 
dated," — that is, supplied with spacious, well-ventilated 
and light quarters, a suitable abundance of good food, 
and be assured intelligent and reliable care. The terms 
for board or for baiting are very reasonable, and the 
same may be said of the terms in the livery department 
of the business, while the teams furnished are such as 
one would naturally expect Bangor's leading stable to 
supply, — they being strictly first-class, and the turnouts 
being so varied in character that all tastes can be suited. 
The stable has telephone connection, making it easy 
to order teams sent to any part of the city. The present 
proprietor Mr. M. F. Brackett, assumed control of the 
enterprise in 1885, and has greatly enlarged the facil- 
ities since that date. 



C. D. PRESSEY, Manufacturer of Paper 
Boxes, and Cartons of all Kinds, No. 2 Court Street, 
Bangor. The enormous demand for paper boxes in- 
dicates that their merits are very generally appreciated, 
but there is no question but that the present consump- 
tion — great as it is — would be immensely increased were 
more manufacturers and merchants personally familiar 
with the advantages gained by using paper boxes.and the 
wonderfully low rates at which they are sold. Ordinary 
paper boxes, — that is to say, those which are not of ex- 
ceptional shape or size, or elaborately ornamented, may 
be obtained in quantities at such low figures as to make 
the expense of using them practically inconsiderable, 
and the gain in convenience and in avoidance of waste 
will in most cases more than compensate for their cost. 
Considerable depends of course upon the placing of the 
order, for some manufacturers quote much lower prices 
or turn out much more reliable goods than others, and 
in this connection we may fittingly call attention to the 
enterprise of Mr. C. D. Pressey, for he carries on the 
representative paper box factory of Bangor, and pro- 
duces goods and quotes prices that prove his ability to 
compete with any manufacturer in the state. The 
premises utilized are located at No. 2 Court street, and 
are fitted up with the most improved machinery for the 
manufacture of paper boxes and cartons of all kinds. 
Employment is given to 20 assistants, and the average 
out-put during summer and fall is 20,000 boxes per week. 
Orders can generally be filled at very short notice, and 
as Mr. Pressey is prepared to figure very closely on work 
in his line, and to promptly furnish estimates, those 
using paper boxes and cartons in quantities would do 
well to communicate with him. 



FRED H. OWEN, Practical Jeweler, 36 
Main Street, Bangor, Me. The man who has once 
carried a really accurate Watch will never be satisfied 
afterwards with a time keeper that is not to be entirely 
depended upon. There is a peculiar satisfaction in 
owning a watch that you can "swear by," known only 
to those who have experienced it, and if any of our 
readers should be about to purchase a watch or any kind 
of jewelry, we would most certainly advise them to pay 
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Bangor or vicinity can do no better than to place their 
orders with Mr. Fred H. Owen, located at No. 36 Main 
street, for this gentleman is in a position to offer unsur- 
passed inducements to purchasers. He was born in 
Augusta, Me., and conducted the same line of business 
in that city before removing to Bangor. He is a thor- 
oughly practical watch maker and gives his business 
close personal attention, and warrants his work to be as 
good as can be found in the city, satisfaction being 
always guaranteed. He carries a fine stock of watches, 
jewelry, etc., which he offers at most reasonable prices. 

S. H. BOBINSON & CO., Dealers in Choice 
Family Groceries, Meats and Provisions, 133 Main street, 
Bangor. Me., Opposite Maine Central Depot. It is said 
that every man, who has never tried any of them, is con- 
fident that he can do three things — drive a horse, run a 
hotel, and edit a newspaper — aud it is probable that 
about every man who has never '"been there" thinks 
that he could manage a grocery, meat and provision 
store— and so undoubtedly he could, after a fashion, but 
the chances are that that fashion would not be accepta- 
ble to the public or profitable to himself, for there is an 
immense amount of detail in the grocery and meat 
business, and it is no easy task to look after it as it 
should be looked after. For this reason, really first- 
class grocery and provision stores are rather scarce 
articles, but Bangor has her full share of them, and one 
of the best may be found at No. 133 Main street, op- 
posite the Maine Central Depot, where premises meas- 
uring 20x40 feet, and comprising two floors and a base- 
ment are 'utilized. This store is carried on by Messrs. 
S. H. Robinson & Co., and contains a fine stock of 
choice family groceries, meats, provisions and ship 
stores, the goods being carefully chosen and obtained 
from the most reliable sources, so they can be confident- 
ly guaranteed to suit the most fastidious. No fancy 
prices are quoted, on the contrary the goods are offered 
at the lowest market rates, so the most economically 
disposed buyer can trade here to advantage, especially 
as two competent assistants are employed, ensuring 
prompt attention to every caller. 



F. A. CUMMINGS & SON, Coal aud Wood, 
Hackmatack Knees and Timber, West End Railroad 
Bridge, Bangor, Maine. Practically everyone is inter- 
ested in knowing where coal and wood may be bought 
to the best advantage, and therefore practically every- 
one in Bangor and vicinity is interested in the enterprise 
conducted by Messrs^ F. A. Cummings & Son, for they 
make a specialty of handling the commodities mentioned 
and are prepared to furnish them in quantities to suit, at 
short notice and at bottom rates, the quality of the 
goods being fully guaranteed to prove as represented. 
The premises utilized are located at the West End Rail- 
road Bridge, and have storage capacity for 2,000 tons of 
coal, a large stock of the most popular kinds being con- 
stantly carried, together with hard and soft wood, 
hackmatack knees and timber and slate, the firm being 
agents for the Monson Slate Co., and being prepared to 
furnish slate in large or small quantities at the lowest 
prevailing rates. Employment is given to four assist- 
ants, and no trouble is spared to deliver goods promptly 
at the time promised. This business was founded in 
1884 by Mr. F. A. Cummings, who admitted his son, 
Mr. C. L. Cummings, to partnership in 1888. Both 
members of the firm are natives of Bangor, and are al- 
most universally known throughout this section, es- 
pecially the senior partner, who has served as mayor of 
the city, and was in the army during the rebellion and 
was postmaster during Cleveland's administration. Mr. 
C. L. Cummings is now a member of the city council. 
Every detail of the business is closely supervised, and 
the service is maintained at a high standard of efficiency. 



FEBNALD & CO., Fine Tailors, No. 2 
Granite Block, Bangor, Me. Shakespeare says "The 
apparel oft proclaims the man," and certain it is that, 
although must of us would deny that we judged people 
by appearances, still we do so continually, and from the 
very nature of things will continue to do so as long as 
we have eyes. Not only in social, but also in business 
circles, a well-dressed man will succeed where a poorly 
dressed man will fail, and the young business man who 
said "I can't afford to dress cheaply; I have my way to 
make in the world," showed that he appreciated what a 
powerlul factor in attaining success a prosperous appear- 
ance is. One need not spend a great deal of money in 
order to dress neatly and fashionably provided orders be 
judiciously placed, and in this connection it is appropriate 
that we call attention to the garments produced by 
Messrs. Fernald & Co., for these are not only correct in 
style, perfect in fit, durable in material and in making, 
but they are low in price, — that is, the first cost of them 
is moderate, and when judged from the standpoint of 
actual service rendered, these garments are at least as 
cheap if not cheaper than high-grade ready-made cloth- 
ing. The firm utilize the second and third floors of the 
premises No. 2 Granite block, corner of East Market 
square and State street, and possess sufficiently exten- 
sive facilities to enable them to fill orders at short notice. 
No trouble is spared to suit the individual tastes and 
peculiarities of each patron, the garments being " made 
from measure " in the real sense of that much abused 
phrase, and not made from a pattern that will suit you 
provided you chance to be of "average" proportions. 
Messrs. Fernald & Co.'s garments fit ; they " hang " well, 
look well and wear well, — so it is no wonder that they 
give the best of satisfaction. 



HATHORN'S Ladies' and Gents' Dining 
Hall, Oyster and Ice Cream Parlors, No. 84 Main Street, 
Bangor, Me. Foreign visitors to this country and Amer- 
icans who have travelled abroad and so are competent to 
make the comparison, agree that the restaurants, dining 
saloons, eating houses or whatever you may choose to 
call them, of the United States, are worse than can be 
found in any other civilized country, and, indeed, it is 
not necessary to travel in order to appreciate their bad- 
ness, for one who is used to decent living at home can 
justly estimate it. It is singular that our eating saloons 
should rank so low, while our hotels are the best in the 
world, but fortunately there is no rule without excep- 
tions, and, although our dining saloons rule low, there 
are some which will compare favorably with the best to 
be found in any country. Prominent among these is the 
establishment known as " Hathorn's Ladies' and Gents' 
Dining Hall," and we do not exaggerate in the least when 
we say there are few saloons in any city offering equally 
satisfactory service. This establishment, comprising a 
dining hall, oyster and ice cream parlors, is located at 
No. 84 Main street, next door above J. C. White's, and 
is spacious, well-equipped and most admirably managed, 
and is a popular resort for the ladies, afternoon and even- 
ings. The bill of fare is varied, the food the best the 
market affords, a full line of choice confectionery of all 
kinds is carried, the service is prompt and courteous and 
the charges moderate, while the cooking is first-class. 
As the people of Bangor have a deserved reputation for 
knowing a good thing when they see it, we hardly need 
add that this establishment has become very popular 
since it was opened in 1890 by Mrs. R. A. Hatfiorn, who 
has conclusively proved that among the "things a 
a woman can do " is to manage an eating saloon as it 
should be managed. 



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WOOD, BISHOP & CO., Iron Founders, 
Manufacturers and Dealers in Stoves, Furnaces, Tin- 
ware, &c, Nos. 41 and 42 West Market Square, Foundry 
on Hampden Eoad, Bangor, Me. More than half a 
century has elapsed since the inauguration of the enter- 
prise carried on under the name of Wood, Bishop & Co., 
and it is safe to say that no similar undertaking in the 
State is more generally and favorably known. The 
business is generally considered to have been founded in 
1839 and that is correct in one sense because it was in 
1839 that operations were begun in Bangor, but the 
inception of the enterprise took place in 1835, when 
Messrs. Henry A- and C. C. Wood began business in 
Providence, R. I., removing here in 1839 and assuming 
the style of Henry A. Wood & Co., which was changed 
in 1851 to Wood, Bishop & Co., again in 1855 to Wood & 
Bishop, and again in 1864 to Wood, Bishop & Co. The 
present proprierors are Messrs. John F. Colby, Charles 
H. Wood and Edward Wood, all of whom are too well 
known in business and social circles to render extended 
personal mention necessary. The firm are iron founders 
and manufacturers of and dealers in stoves, furnaces, 
tinware, etc., they operating a very large and finely 
equipped foundry, located on the Hampden road, and 
occupying premises at Nos. 41 and 42 West Market Sq., 
which comprise 4 floors 40 x 90 feet in size and contain 
an immense stock of stoves, stove goods, tinware, etc., 
for the concern cater to both wholesale and retail trade 
and stand ready to fill the largest orders without delay, 
and to quote the lowest market rates on goods that 
embody all the latest improvements, and are thoroughly 
made from carefully selected material. They are 
manufacturers of the celebrated Gold Clarion, Royal 
Clarion, Oakwood and Oxford portable cooking ranges, 
Royal Clarion coal parlor, New Clarion wood parlor, 
Sunnyside coal parlor, portable and brick set Etna fur- 
naces for coal, Monitor and Climax furnaces for wood, 
and a large assortment of cooking, parlor and office 
stoves. All who examine these justly famous goods 
made in our own State, admit that they are not excelled 
by any produced in the world. Wholesale and retail. 



BEERY & SMITH, Sail Makers. Awnings 
and Tents a Specialty. Broad Street, opposite Kent & 
Fisher's Hay Scales, Bangor, Me. Much time and 
trouble may be saved in the carrying out of any pro- 
tect, by going directly to headquarters, if possible, and 
as the establishment of Messrs. Berry and Smith is the 
headquarters for- sails, awnings and tents, etc., such of 
our readers as want anything in this line would do well 
to pay them a visit. The premises made use of are 
located on Broad Street, opposite Kent & Fisher's hay 
scales, and comprise a store 60 x 72 feet in dimensions. 
This business was founded by Bradford, Hatton & Co. 
in 1850, who were succeeded some eighteen years after 
by Bradford and Berry, and in 1883 they were succeeded 
by the present firm, who possess all necessary facilities 
to enable operations to be carried on, to the best 
possible advantage, while some ten to fifteen competent 
assistants are employed to ensure the prompt filling of 
orders. Awnings will be taken down and put up again 
at moderate rates, and any necessary repairing will be 
neatly and durably done. Orders by mail are assured 
prompt and caref ul attention, and the enviable reputa- 
tion of this firm for affording an efficient and economical 
service will be fully maintained. 



FINE CUSTOM WORK in Human Hair. 
Ladies' Hair Work of all Kinds Manufactured in the 
Latest and Most Durable Styles by Mrs. A. H. Billings, 
No. 21 Main Street, Bangor, Me. Hair work is like 
photographic work in one respect — it is either excellent 
or bad, for human hair work that is not excellent is 
neither useful nor ornamental and hence should properly 
be classed among those things which are dear at any 
price. Some workers in human hair (especially those 
located in the great cities, such as New York and Bos- 
ton) , take advantage of this fact to charge exorbitant 
rates, for they argue that those who appreciate and 
desire artistic hair work will have it at any cost ; but 
fortunately it is not necessary to pay fancy prices in 
order to secure satisfactory work for there are some 
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prominent among them is Mrs. A. H. Billings, who has 
Carried on the business since 1882 and is located at No. 
21 Main street. She makes a specialty of fine custom 
work in human hair, and manufactures all kinds of 
ladies' hair work in the latest, most desirable and most 
durable styles, at short notice and at very reasonable 
rates. Personal attention is given to every order, 
sufficient assistance being employed to guard against 
undue delays in the execution of commissions, and no 
work in the slightest degree imperfect is knowingly 
allowed to leave the establishment, so that entire satis- 
faction can be confidently guaranteed to every customer. 



AETHUE PALMBE, Painter, Grainer, 
Glazier, Paper Hanger and Fancy Decorator, Corner 
Harlow and Franklin Streets, Bangor, Me. " In the 
elder days of art" all decorations and beautiful artistic 
work was confined to the religious and public buildings 
and the palaces of the favored rich. Now, through the 
advancing influences of civilization, the achievements 
and effects of artistic coloring are brought within the 
reach of almost every one who can appreciate their 
-value, and the higher tone and happiness which have 
thus been brought into our life is of the greatest influ- 
ence and value. The refined taste exhibited everywhere 
in this branch of business causes one to stop and wonder 
if this industry has not reached the height of perfection. 
Among the well-known business firms of Bangor is the 
familiar name of Arthur Palmer, whose business is 
located at the corner of Harlow and Franklin streets. As 
■ a painter he has no superior in this vicinity, and his 
business is recognized as one of the leading ones in 
Bangor, Mr. Palmer being favored by the first-class 
custom in the city, as he does very fine work in house 
painting, decorating, paper hanging and fancy ceiling 
work, etc., ten experienced hands being employed. Mr. 
Palmer has all the facilities for doing work at short 
notice and with the utmost despatch, consistent with 
good, thorough and durable work, and perfect satisfac- 
tion is guaranteed. 



EDWAED CONlsTEES, Boot and Shoe Store ; 
Full Line of Rubbers, Umbrellas, etc.; No. 6 Smith 
Block, Bangor, Me. Those who have had long experi- 
ence in the shoe business say that no two persons wear 
their shoes out exactly alike, as each individual has his 
distinctive style of walk, as he has of speech, of pen- 
manship or of general manner. Now granting this to be 
true, it is not surprising that a dealer finds it necessary 
to carry a large and varied stock, in order to satisfy all his 
patrons, for as each has his own style of walk, so each 
would naturally have peculiar ideas as to the qualities 
he wants combined in a shoe. It is by no means every 
dealer who appreciates this fact, but evidently Mr. Ed- 
ward Conners is one of them, for his assortment of foot- 
wear is so extensive and so skilfully chosen that all 
tastes and all purses can be suited from it. This business 
was founded many years ago, and conducted about four- 
teen years under the firm-name of Conners Brothers, but 
has for several years past been under the sole manage- 
ment of its present proprietor, Mr. Edward Conners. 
The premises occupied are located at No. 6 Smith block, 
and measure 20 by 40 feet, affording ample opportunity 
for the carrying of a large stock of ladies' and gentle- 
men's fine boots, shoes, rubbers, umbrellas, etc. The 
magnitude and character of his patronage show that his 
methods are appreciated by the purchasing public. Two 
efficient assistants are employed, and the prices quoted 
at this establishment are as low as the lowest in the city. 
Mr. Conners has held the office of Alderman, and is well 
iknown and highly respected throughout Bangor and 
vicinity. 



PENOBSCOT EXCHANGE, F. W. Coburn, 
Proprietor, Bangor, Me. It has been said, and said 
widely, that a hotel is what its proprietor makes it, but 
even the most able, energetic and liberal hotel-keeper 
cannot make something out of nothing, and, therefore, 
he must have a commodious, well-arranged, well-located 
and well-equipped house if he is to carry on a really 
first-class hotel. Hence in giving the Penobscot Ex- 
change the prominent and favorable mention to which it 
is fairly entitled, we may say at the outset that the 
hotel building is large, conveniently arranged and ad- 
vantageously located, that it contains nearly 150 rooms, 
and can comfortable accommodate 300 guests, that the 
rooms are general large, light and well-ventilated, that 
all are equipped with electric bells, that the house is 
thoroughly well-furnished, and that it is heated by steam 
and lighted by electricity. There is a billiard and pool- 
room connected, an excellent livery stable near at hand, 
and every provision is made for the comfort and well- 
being of guests. Mr. F. W. Coburn, the present proprie- 
tor, assumed control November 1, 1889, and has made 
the house more popular than ever, which is saying a 
good deal, for this hotel has for years been a favorite 
with sportsmen, traveling men and the general public. 
Mr. Coburn carefully supervises the enterprise and em- 
ploys a large force of experienced assistants, so that the 
service in every department is very prompt and efficient. 
The cuisine is unsurpassed, and the food furnished leaves 
nothing to be desired either on the score of quality or 
quantity, while the bill of fare is varied enough to ensure 
all tastes being suited. There is one point worthy of 
special mention, and that is the uniformly courteous 
treatment accorded every guest by every one connected 
with the hotel, for Mr. Coburn insists upon that first, 
last and every time, and will not tolerate any departure 
from the rule. The terms of the house are very reason- 
able, and special rates are made for families, large par- 
ties and permanent guests or those remaining for any 
considerable length of time. 



FLETCHEE & BUTTEEFIELD, Marble and 
Granite Workers and all Kinds of Cemetery Work ; Also 
Dealers in Marble and Marbleized Slate, Chimney Pieces 
and Shelves, Tile Hearths, Calcined Plaster, Skimming 
Sand, Vases, Bouquet Holders, etc. ; East Market 
Square, Bangor, Me. Taken as a whole, the cemetery 
work produced nowadays is far superior both in design 
and in workmanship to that of a score of years and more 
ago, but still there is lots of room for improvement on 
the part of some of our monumental workers, and hence 
it is worth while to use care in the placing of your order 
for a monument, a headstone or a tablet ; first, because 
you want something equal to the best, whether it is to 
be simple in style or not, and second, because you don't 
want to pay a fancy price for even the finest work. We 
can safely guarantee satisfaction to those who place 
orders with Messrs. Fletcher & Butterfield, for this con- 
cern have the requisite facilities, experience and disposi- 
tion to do first-class work, to do it properly and to quote 
moderate prices on it. They make all kinds of cemetery 
work in both marble and granite, but don't confine 
themselves to work of this type as they are general 
marble and granite workers, and are dealers in marble 
and marbleized slate, chimney pieces and shelves, tile 
hearths, calcined plaster, skimming sand and vases, 
bouquet holders and ornamental stone work in general. 
The firm utilize three floors, having a total area of 6,000 
square feet, and located in East Market square. Employ- 
ment is given to twelve assistants, and orders can be filled 
at very short notice. The concern was formed in 1876, and 
is constituted of Messrs. George M. Fletcher and Benja- 
min F. Butterfield, both of whom are natives of Maine 
and have served in the army. 



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J. SBMPLB, Agent, 

Wholesale and Eetail Dealer in 

CLARION RANGES. STOVES, FURNACES, TINWARE, 

Water Piping, Ktc. 

51 EXCHANGE STREET, - - BANGOR, ME. 



CHAELES S. EEAEL, Eeal Estate, Insur- 
ance Agent and Auctioneer, No. 6 Kenduskeag Block, 
Bangor, Me. The city of Bangor covers a good deal of 
ground and contains so large a number of buildings, in- 
cluding dwelling-houses, warehouses, factories, stores, 
stables and shops that searching for an available build- 
ing for a given purpose is much like hunting for the pro- 
verbial needle in the hay- stack unless you make use of 
facilities specially provided. But the great majority of 
persons are too sensible to "go it blind," especially 
when it doesn't cost them anything to see, and, there- 
fore, need no urging to induce them to make use of the 
facilities offered by Mr. Charles S. Pearl, doing business 
at No. 6 Kenduskeag block, for he has many desir- 
able pieces of city and suburban real estate on his books 
and knows just what is in the market, what is likely to 
be and what the renting and selling value of Bangor and 
adjacent property is. Mr. Pearl is an auctioneer, as 
well as a real estate agent, and is one of the best-known 
and most successful men in the business. He has been 
and is prominently interested in local affairs, having 
served in both branches of the City Government and was 
president of the Common Council, and is the present 
chairman of the Park Commissioners. He is also an 
insurance agent, being prepared to place large or small 
lines of insurance on the most favorable terms, and the 
best idea of the high grade of the protection he offers 
may be gained by an examination of the following list 
of companies represented : Imperial Fire Insurance Co., 
London; Northern Assurance Co., London; London As- 
surance Corporation, London ; National Fire Insurance 
Co., Hartford, Conn. ; German American Insurance Co., 
New York ; First National Fire Insurance Co., Worces- 
ter, Mass.; North American Insurance Co., Boston, 
Mass.; Spring Garden Insurance Co., Philadelphia; 
Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Detroit, 
Michigan. 



P. W. GIDDINGS, Carriage Painter, corner 
York and French Streets, Bangor, Me. Mr. P. W. 
Giddings is very widely known throughout Bangor and 
vicinity, for he is a native of this city, and has built up 
a large and rapidly increasing business in the painting 
of carriages. The premises occupied by Mr. Giddings 
are located at the corner of York and French Streets, 
and comprise five floors in two buildings, covering in all 
7,500 square feet, and are supplied with all necessary 
facilities for the filling of orders in a thoroughly satis- 



factory manner and at the shortest possible notice. 
Carriage painting is an art, and as in order to obtain the 
best results it is necessary not only to use carefully 
chosen stock but to employ skilled and careful labor, 
the advantages to be gained by deaiing with such a man 
as Mr. Giddings become obvious. He is aided by. 
competent and reliable assistants, and we have no 
hesitation in guaranteeing complete satisfaction to all 
who may favor him with their orders, these being filled 
at short notice, and at the lowest rates consistent with 
the use of standard stock and the employment of skilled 
labor. There is one thing that should always be born 
in mind, and that is that the kind of stock used and the 
manner in which it is applied have everything to do 
with the economy of the process. 



BANGOE EXCHANGE STABLE, W. E. 
Cobb, Proprietor, Columbia Street, Bangor, Me. The 
Bangor Exchange Stable was opened in 1878 by Mr. J. 
P. Merrill, who was succeeded in 1889 by Mr. W.* E. 
Cobb, the present proprietor. This stable has always 
had a reputation such as is enjoyed by very few estab- 
lishments of the kind, and Mr. Cobb can be given no 
higher praise than that implied in the fact that the repu- 
tation and popularity of the stable have not suffered in 
the least since he assumed control, but, on the contrary, 
have, if possible, become greater than before. This is 
shown by the fact that he has materially enlarged his 
business by occupying the 1st floor of the new brick, 
block next adjoining, giving 1,400 feet additional floor 
space, and is connected with his original stable. Mr. 
Cobb announces " nothing but first-class trade solicited," 
and there is no " bluff" about that announcement either, 
for it is a simple statement of fact. He does a livery and 
boarding business, furnishes first-class accommodations 
and quotes reasonable prices, and as he acts on the as- 
sumption that his patrons will appreciate the usually 
high character of the vehicles and horses supplied and 
use them decently and carefully, he has no wish to gain 
the patronage of those who think that livery teams are 
fair subjects for any amount of abuse the user may see 
fit to give them. The Bangor Exchange Stable is located 
on Columbia street, and has telephone connection. It 
will comfortably accommodate thirty-two horses, and 
sufficient assistance is employed to ensure prompt and 
efficient service at all times and in every department of 
the business. He also has a branch stable at Fort Point,. 
Me. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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M. E. LEONABD, Dealer in Groceries, Pro- 
visions, Fruits of all Kinds, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. 
Corner Hancock and Oak Streets, Bangor, Me. Mr. M. 
E. Leonard is a native of Bangor, and began business 
here in 1888, in the retail grocery and provision line, 
and by his able and popular management soon secured 
a fine trade. He brings long practical experience to 
bear into his business, and is quick to discern the tastes 
and wants of his patrons, and has the ability to prompt- 
ly and satisfactorily supply them. The premises occu- 
pied are located at the corner of Hancock and Oak 
Streets, and cover an area of 20 by 40 feet, which are 
conveniently fitted up, the stock being attractively dis- 
played, and the store is thoroughly equipped with every 
appliance for the expeditious dispatch of its large 
business. Mr. Leonard carries a full and comprehensive 
stock of choice groceries, fresh provisions and fruits of 
all kinds, also the best brands of tobacco, cigars, etc. 
Mr. Leonard gives close personal attention to the many 
details of his business. Neatness, order and system are 
among the leading features of this house, while courteous 
attention is accorded to every caller. 



MAINE AET CO., General Agents and 
Dealers in Agents' Supplies. Room 6 Larabee Block, 
Bangor, Me. The Maine Art Company is one of the 
most enterprising and reliable of those energetic con- 
cerns that introduce useful and ornamental novelties to 
the people by the aid of traveling agents, and as this 
company carefully avoids mere " catchpenny " contriv- 
ances and seeks to handle only such articles as repres- 
ent genuine value, it is well worthy of prominent 
mention in a review of important business enterprises. 
The company are general agents and dealers in agents' 
supplies, so that the name is somewhat misleading, or 
at least fails to give an adequate idea of the scope of 
their operations, for not only do they handle pictures, 
frames, and other art goods but also clothes wringers, 
wash boards, chopping trays, and in short household 
goods of many kinds, particular attention being paid to 
those labor-saving novelties which are constantly being 
devised and which when once used are never willingly 
dispensed with. Agents looking for salable novelties, 
profitable to handle, should by all means communicate 
with this wide-awake company, and manufacturers who 
wish to have novelties introduced throughout Maine 
promptly and under the most favorable auspices would 
also best serve their own interests by taking advantage 
of the Maine Art Company's facilities. The Bangor 
office is in room 6, Larabee block, and is in charge of Mr. 
F. Ingalls, manager for Maine, who will give prompt 
and careful attention to all communications. 



H. F. ANDBEWS, Formerly Small & An- 
drews, Long and Short Lumber, Shingles, Clapboards, 
Pickets, Lathes, etc. Cedar Posts of all Lengths and 
Sizes, Office, 64 Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. Bangor 
lumber merchants have a well-earned reputation for 
filling the most extensive orders promptly, accurately 
and at bottom rates, and hence the simple fact that Mr. 
H. F. Andrews occupies a leading position among the 
lumber merchants of this city demonstrates that he is 
prepared to meet all honorable competition in his line 
of trade. He is a native of Bangor and has long been 
identified with the lumber business, formerly being a 
member of the firm of Small & Andrews, whom he 
succeeded in 1888. Mr. Andrews enjoys the most favor- 
able relations with leading manufacturers and is pre- 
pared to furnish long and short lumber, shingles, clap- 
boards, pickets, lathes, etc., in quantities to suit, but the 
great bulk of his trade is at wholesale, and he offers 
particular inducements to very large buyers. A specialty 
is made of cedar posts of all lengths and sizes, and the 
heaviest orders can be filled without delay ; all com- 
munications to the office, No. 64 Exchange St., being 
assured immediate and careful attention. 



M. DYEB, House Painting, Paper Hanging 
and Glazing ; Dealer in Paints, Oils and Varnishes ; No. 
11 State Street, Bangor, Me. No Bangor merchant in 
the paint and oil trade is more widely and favorably 
known than is Mr. M. Dyer, nor is this fact in the least 
surprising, for, although Mr. Dyer is a native of Liming- 
ton, Maine, he has passed nearly all his life in Bangor, 
and has been identified with his present business in this 
city for thirty-five years, having occupied his present 
location, No, 11 State street, nearly all that time, or 
since 1861. Mr. Dyer has been connected with the city 
council, and is equally well-known in social and in busi- 
ness circles. Besides dealing in paints, oils and var- 
nishes at wholesale and retail, he does house painting, 
paper hanging and glazing, employing an adequate force 
of skilled assistants and executing the most extensive 
commissions at short notice. Small jobbing orders are 
also assured prompt and careful attention, and moderate 
charges are made in every instance, they being as low as 
is consistent with the use of first-class stock, the em- 
ployment of reliable help, and the thorough carrying 
out of every detail of the work. 



KIEKPATBIOK & JAMESON, Dealers in 
Beef, Pork, Lard, Hams, Poultry, Tripe, Tallow, Pig's 
Feet, Wild Game, Venison, Fish of all Kiuds, Oysters and 
Vegetables ; No. 9 Pickering Square, Bangor, Me. Such 
an establishment as is carried on by Messrs. Kirkpatrick 
& Jameson is of great interest to most of the residents of 
Bangor or vicinity, for they are more or less directly 
interested in obtaining dependable meats at fair prices, 
and at this establishment may be found one of the most 
carefully selected, complete and desirable assortments 
of fresh, salted, smoked and canned meats of which we 
have knowledge, and the prices quoted are positively as 
low as the lowest on all the varieties and grades of meat 
dealt in. The firm began business in 1889, the partners 
being Messrs. Charles H. Kirkpatrick and J. D. M. 
Jameson, both of whom are Bangor men by birth. Mr. 
Kirkpatrick served in the United States Navy during 
the war on the sloop of war Ossipee in the Mobile fleet, 
and both he and Mr. Jameson are widely known in this 
city. The premises made use of are located at No. 9 
Pickering square, and are fitted up with improved facili- 
ties for the storage and handling of the many commodi- 
ties dealt in, these comprising beef, pork, lard, hams, 
poultry, tripe, tallow, pig's feet, wild game, venison, 
fish of all kinds, oysters and vegetables. The stock is 
constantly being renewed, and is so complete that all 
tastes and purses can always be suited from it. Employ- 
ments is given to three assistants, and orders will be 
carefully and accurately filled at short notice. 



GEOEGE L. MOOE, Baled Hay and Straw, 
No. 14 Front Street, Bangor, Me. A very large propor- 
tion of all the hay and straw marketed is pressed into 
bales ; this mode of handling having so many good points 
to recommend it that it is steadily gaining in popularity, 
and indeed there is but one serious disadvantage con- 
nected with buying hay by the bale, and that is the im- 
possibility of examining any part but the exterior of 
the package. But this disadvantage is entirely done 
away with, or at least is rendered of no account, by 
dealing with a merchant who has a well-earned reputa- 
tion for handling hay and straw of superior quality and 
selling them on their merits at the lowest market rates, 
and no one has a higher reputation in this respect than 
Mr. George L. Moor, who has carried on operations here 
in Bangor more than fifteen years. He buys direct from 
the producer and sells both at wholesale and retail, war- 
ranting the goods to prove jnst as represented. His 
office is at No. 14 Front street, and all orders, whether 
given in person or sent by mail, are assured prompt and 
painstaking attention. 



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GASTRINE. The new process by which this 
most valuable remedy is produced is the result of years 
of study and experiment. It has never before been used 
and the formula is a new discovery, the product is 
superior to all other medicines, simply because no other 
contains the materials of which this is composed, and 
no other is made under this formula. Give it a trial 
and you will be convinced of its real merit. It. is a sure 
cure for dyspepsia, diarrhoea, dysentary, constipation, 
etc. It is warranted to cuie the most severe colic pains 
in in every case. Travelers should carry Gastrine, as 
contagious diseases have often been disarmed by using 
this remedy. Mothers will find this remedy valuable 
for children, its continued use will remove any humor 
or disease. Those who have used this remedy for a long 
time can more fully appreciate its merits, and the 
following testimonials may prove of interest to many : 

Messrs. J. C. Barrett & Co. 

Gentlemen — I feel it my boundenduty to you and all 
fellow-sufferers from Dyspepsia, to inform you of what 
your remedy has done for me, and that is, cured me of 
a case of Dyspepsia of long standing. I had tried many 
remedies, but received no permanent relief from any of 
them. I was then induced by a friend to try Gastrine, 
and with the above remarkable results. And I tell 
you of it that you may publish the facts if you desire, 
so that others may likewise be cured; for I am very 
grateful for the results and in the cause of humanity 
wish them to be widely known. A word more. Former- 
ly I had to shun many articles of food or suffer untold 
misery. Now I can eat the richest viands on the menu 
and never have a twinge, and am making up for years of 
lost time in that direction. 

Yours Truly, 

Robt. J. Elms. 

The above unsolicited communication is from one of 
the best known of the gpntlemanly staff of conductors 
on the Maine Central, and he can be referred to easily 
by those who doubt its authenticity. J. C. B. & Co. 

Mr. J. C. Barrett : 

I have given your Gastrine a fair trial for D\ spepsia 
and Gastric Stomach, and have received much benefit 
from it. I think it the best medicine I have ever tried. 
I cannot speak too highly of it. 

Yours Truly, 
Mrs S. Smith, Bangor, Me. 

Mr. Barrett: 

W Dear Sir — I think your Gastrine the best remedy for 
Dyspepsia that I ever tried. I have suffered everything 
two years and at times have been sick abed, and have 
never found anything that would relieve me as quickly 
as your Gastrine. 1 have taken only one bottle and now 
am able to eat anything, and think after taking another 
bottle I shall be completely cured. There is nothing 
like it. Annie Maud Atwell, 

44 Columbia St., Bangor, Me. 

Mr Barrett: 

Dear Sir — I was greatly troubled with Indigestion 
and find myself much benefited by the use of your 
Dyspeptic Cure. Very Respectfully, 

J. P. Farrow. 

Bangor, Dec. 16, 1889. 
Sir — I have used your Gastrine for Dyspepsia, and 
can recommend it as one of the best medicines before 
the public for Dyspepsia. Yours, 

Mrs. H. O. Keath. 

I think J. C. Barrett's Gastrine is the best remedy for 
Dyspepsia I ever saw, one trial being of great benefit to 
me. E. J. Veazie, 

Bangor. Me.— Dec. 22, 1890. 



Mr. J. C. Barrett : 

Dear Sir — I have suffered two years with Dyspepsia 
and have taken two bottles, I am now well. 

Yours Truly, 

Mrs. C. Lutz, N. B. 
All communications should be addressed to J. C. 
Barrett & Co., Manufacturers, 36 Columbia St., Bangor, 
Me. Mr. Barrett is also proprietor of the meat, fish and 
provision market located at 77 Pickering Square. 



BANGOR EDGE TOOL CO., Machinists, 
and Makers of the Peavey Axes and Cant-Dogs, all 
Kinds of Driving Tools. 57 and 59 Exchange Street, 
Bangor, Me. The Banger Edge Tool Company is a 
concern of which the public-spirited citizens of Bangor 
have good reason to be proud, for its productions are 
not only very popular and becoming more so annually, 
but their popularity is due to superior merit rather than 
to cheapness, although it is a fact that the company 
quote no fancy prices, but furnish honest goods at 
honest rates, they having repeatedly shown their ability 
to easily meet all honorable competition. They are 
machinists, and makers of the Peavey axes and cant-dogs 
which so large a proportion of Maine lumbermen 
'• swear by," saying that they are the best, always have 
been the best and always will be the best in the market. 
That is putting it pretty strong, of course, for no one 
knows what the future may bring forth, but there is no 
denying that the Peavey axes and cant-dogs have not as 
yet been surpassed, and there is no indication thus far 
that they will be. The Bangor Edge Tool Co. is not an 
incorporated concern, the proprietors being Messrs. C. 
A. Pevey and J. H. Pevey, both of whom are Bangor 
men by birth, and served in the army during the rebel- 
lion. They give very close attention to the many details 
of the business, and keep the quality of the products 
fully up to the high standard so long associated with 
them. A wholesale business is carried on in Peavey 
axes and cant-dogs, and all kinds of driving tools, and 
very spacious premises at Nos. 57 and 59 Exchange St. 
are utilized; twenty assistants being employed and 
ordtrs being filled at very short notice. 



A. S. GETOHELL & CO., Livery, Boarding 
and Sale Stable ; Good Teams at Reasonable Prices at all 
Hours, North Side of French Street, Bangor, Me. The 
stable now conducted by A. S. Getchell & Co., was 
formerly carried on by Mr. E. Clark, and changed hands 
in 1889, but it is safe to assert that the service rendered 
was never more efficient and satisfactory than it has 
been since the present proprietor assumed control. He 
was born in Maine, and lias had no little experience in 
the stable business, as might be easily guessed from the 
character of the accommodations he affords. The 
premises are 75 x 125 feet in dimentions, and comprise 
two stables and two carriage houses. There are forty 
stalls on the premises, and a general livery, boarding 
and sale business is done, employment being given to 
six assistants, and all orders being assured immediate 
and painstaking attention. First class livery teams will 
be furnished at uniformly moderate rates, and such of 
our readers as enjoy driving and have no team of their 
own would do well to make trial of the accommodations 
supplied by Messrs. Getchell & Co., for we are sure 
that the result will be entirely satisfactory. Horses 
boarded here are assured comfortable quarters, kind 
treatment and an abundance of suitable food, and the 
charges made in this department are low enough to suit 
the most economically disposed. The proprietors give 
careful supervision to affairs, and spare no pains to 
thoroughly satisfy every customer. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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GEAND CENTEAL LIYEEY, HACK AND 
BOABJDING STABLES, Lemuel Nichols, Proprietor; 
C. W. Nichols, Clerk; Barouches, Landaus, Barges, 
Coupes and Buckboards ; Hacks for Funerals, Wedding 
Parties, Cars, Boats, Operas, Theatres ; Central Bridge, 
Bangor, Me. The " Grand Central " Livery Hack and 
Boarding Stables are very appropriately named, for they 
are located at Central Bridge and are the largest and 
most perfectly equipped public stables in the city. They 
were opened just a score of years ago by the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. Lemuel Nichols, who came from East 
Corinth, where he carried on the Parker House and liv- 
ery stables. He ran stages for sixteen years between 
Bangor and Moosehead Lake, and is undoubtedly one of 
the most widely known business men in this city, and 
there are very few stable-keepers in the entire state so 
generally known and highly esteemed. It is superfluous 
to say that Mr. Nichols knows a good horse when he 
sees it, and we may add that he owns as desirable a col- 
lection of livery horses as can be found in Maine, there 
being fifty of them in all, and as his stock of vehicles 
includes about everything from a light buggy to a barge, 
he is prepared to suit all tastes and all circumstances, 
and to fill all orders without delay. He can furnish 
barouches, landaus, barges, coupes and buckboards and 
also first-class hacks, the latter being supplied at short 
notice in any number desired for funerals, weddings, 
balls and other public occasions. The office is connected 
by telephone, and carriages can thus be conveniently 
ordered for drives or for the opera or theatre, or convey- 
ing passengers and baggage to boat or cars. The stables 
are very spacious and afford accommodations for thirty- 
five boarders, besides the horses belonging to the estab- 
lishment. The stalls are light, airy, roomy and well- 
drained, and animals are assured the best of food and 
care. The business is very thoroughly systematized, the 
several departments being so carefully supervised as to 
ensure uniformly efficient service. Mr. C. VV. Nichols is 
clerk, and both he and the proprietor do their best to 
satisfy all reasonable customers and maintain the envi- 
able reputation of this representative establishment. 



AMBEOSE FOGG, Successor to Emery & 
Fogg, Manufacturer of Monuments, Tablets, Head 
Stones, Etc. Corner Main and Middle Streets, Bangor, 
Me. All work warranted. Nothing can be poorer taste 
or give less satisfaction than a poorly designed or un- 
skillfully executed monument or headstone, and it is far 
better to have a plain shaft or stone accurately cut f^om 
material of good grade, than to have a very elaborately 
designed monument or headstone which is spoiled by 
poor workmanship, inferior material or both. In fact, 
poor cemetery work is worse than none at all, but there 
is certainly no reason why the residents of this section 
should accept poor work, for there are some excellent 
monumental stone cutters in Bangor and vicinity, and 
prominent among them is Mr. Ambrose Fogg, who not 
only produces work equal to the best but is uniformly 
moderate in his charges. He was born in Brooks, Me., 
and has been sole proprietor of his present business 
since 1886, it having been previously carried on by 
Messrs. Emery & Fogg, who succeeded Mr. Llewellyn 
Emery in 1879. Mr. Fogg utilizes spacious premises at 
the corder of Main and Middle Streets, and manufac- 
tures monuments, tablets, headstones and cemetery 
work in general, employing eight competent assistants, 
and being prepared to fill orders at short notice and to 
warrant all work turned out. A very large assortment 
of designs, from the most simple to the most elaborate, 
is at hand to choose from, and|considerable finished work 
also is usually in stock. Estimates on any proposed 
design will cheerfully be made on application, and all 
wishing cemetery work would best serve their own 
interests by calling upon or writing to Mr. Fogg. 



C. J. SMALL & CO., Wholesale and Eetail 
Dealers in Shingles, Clapboards, Pickets, Cedar Posts, 
etc., Front Street, Bangor, Me. It is unnecessary to 
dwell upon the prominent position in the lumber trade 
held by Bangor, for everybody knows that this city is 
the great receiving and distributing centre for all the 
region roundabout. One of the most progressive and 
successful of the local lumber firms is that of C. J. 
Small & Co., located on Front street, and utilizing 
spacious premises, including large storage facilities on 
the wharf. This business was founded a number of years 
ago, and several changes in ownership have taken place. 
Messrs. Paine & Small were succeeded by Messrs. Small 
& Andrews, who gave place to the present firm in 1888. 
Mr. C. J. Small is a native of Bangor, served in the army 
during the Eebellion, and has long ranked among the 
most enterprising and honorable business men of this 
city. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in 
shingles, clapboards, pickets, cedar posts, etc., and are 
prepared to quote bottom prices to both large and small 
buyers. Employment is given to two assistants, and the 
facilities available are such as to enable the largest 
orders to be filled at very short notice. 



E. F. PIPEE, Dealer in Choice Family Gro - 
ceries, Provisions and Ship Stores, No. 205 Main Stree 
Bangor, Me. To say that Mr. E. F. Piper, who carries 
on a heavily stocked and well-equipped grocery and p r°- 
vision store at No. 205 Main street, caters especially to 
family trade, would be the truth, but would not be all 
the truth, for Mr. Piper deals not only in choice fam ily 
groceries and provisions, but also in ship stores, and he 
makes a specialty of supplying vessels as well as of fur- 
nishing families with goods of standard quality at posi- 
tively bottom rates. He is a native of this state, and has 
carried on his present store since 1889. It comprises one 
floor and a basement, each of which has an area of about 
1,000 square feet, and there is, therefore, ample room for 
the accommodation of a heavy and complete stock, 
which is an important item in one branch of Mr. Piper's 
business at least, for it is often necessary to supply ves- 
sels with a full liDe of groceries and provisions at very 
short notice, and by keeping his assortment complete 
Mr. Piper is enabled to avoid all delay in the execution 
of commissions. He gives personal attention to every 
order, and accuracy, as well as promptness, is assured in 
every instance. 

C. FAEEELL & CO., Millinery, Is T o. 118 Main 
Street, Bangor, Me. The millinery business carried on 
under the firm-name o1 C. Farrell & Co. is one of the 
most recently established in this section, it having been 
founded in 1891, but its success is already ensured, and 
the reason for this gratifying condition of affairs is as 
simple as it is evident — the ladies of Bangor and vicinity 
have discovered that the new firm offer a service unsur- 
passed for promptness, efficiency and reliability. The 
concern is constituted of Miss C. Farrell and Mrs. Lizzie 
Hayes, both whom have skill, good judgment, and above 
all, good taste, and both of whom give personal atten- 
tion to the filling of orders, although two assistants are 
employed. The premises utilized are located at No. 118 
Main street, and have an area of 1,200 square feet, they 
containing a large and varied assortment of trimmed and 
untrimmed hats and bonnets, flowers, velvets, laces and 
millinery goods in general, including the very latest 
novelties. The firm make a prominent specialty of order 
work, and, in fact, owe the greater part of their success 
to the admirable showing they have made in this depart- 
ment. Commissions are executed at short notice, uni- 
formly charges are made, and no trouble is spared to 
avoid disappointment to patrons by delivering work 
promptly at the time promised. 



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TDOXJ^ cS3 POO-G- COMPAUT, 

Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of 

Mouldings, Gutters, Conductors, Boxes 

And LONG AND SHORT LUMBER. 

All kinds of Planing and Sawing done to order. ^©"Send for Catalogue. 
Front Street, = - BANGOR, MB. 



J. W. HABBIMAN, Dealer in All Kinds of 
Dry and Green Hard Wood, Sawed or in the Stick; Yard 
and Office, Franklin Street, Eear Windsor Hotel; Tele- 
phone, 168-2 ; Storage Warehouse, Centre Street, Bangor, 
Me. The business carried on by Mr. J. W. Harriman was 
founded in 1889, and has already reached large propor- 
tions for the simple but all sufficient reason that the en- 
terprise has proved itself a genuine and decided public 
convenience, and so, of course, has received, and is still 
receiving, hearty popular support. Mr. Harriman is a 
wholesale and retail dealer in all kinds of dry and green 
hard wood, and as he gives exclusive attention to 
handling that commodity and possesses extensive facili- 
ties, he is enabled to quote bottom prices to both large 
and small buyers, and to fill all ordei s, from the smallest 
to the largest, at very short notice. The yard and office 
are located on Franklin street, in rear of the Windsor 
hotel, and a large storage warehouse located on Centre 
street, is also utilized, a heavy stock being constantly 
carried. As we have said, all kinds of dry and green 
hard wood, sawed or in the stick, will be furnished, the 
more prominent varieties dealt in being as follows : 
Birch edgings, sawed or in the stick, rock maple and yel- 
low birch, hard wood hearts and baled shavings. All 
kinds of wood, $1.00 a load. Baled shavings are also 
handled, and goods will be delivered to any part of the 
city free of expense. 



D. 0. GOULD, Manufacturer of Harnesses 
and Dealer in Blankets, Robes, Trunks, Bags, &c, 
West End Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor, Me. Everybody 
knows that " practice makes perfect," and as Mr. Gould 
has been engaged in the manufacture of harness for 
many years he certainly ought to be reasonably perfect 
by this time. As a matter of fact, Mr. D. C. Gould has 
the reputation of producing harness that has but few 
equals and no superiors in the market, and although he 
don't advertise to sell a first-class harness at less than 
the cost of the stock used in its manufacture, it is con- 
ceded by practical men that no dealer in this city gives 
more genuine value for money received. The business 
to which we have reference was originally started by 
Mr. C. S. Lombard, he being succeeded by the firm of 
Lombard & Gould, who for thirty years was located on 
Exchange Street. The present proprietor, Mr. D. C. 
Gould, is a native of Wiscassett, Me., and assumed full 
control of the business in 1888. The premises now 
occupied are located , at West End Kenduskeag Bridge, 



comprising two floors each 720 square feet in dimen- 
sions. The high reputation of Mr. Gould's productions 
is by no means confined to this city and vicinity, for a 
large manufacturing and retail business has been built 
up, requiring the services of four thoroughly efficient 
assistants, and his harnesses are in demand throughout 
the country. In addition to the manufacture of har- 
nesses, Mr. Gould does an extensive retail business in 
blankets, robes, trunks, bags, etc. He has every facility 
at hand for the doing of custom work, in a uniformly 
superior manner and at short notice. No fancy prices 
are quoted, and the goods are in every instance guaran- 
teed to prove just as represented. 



A. B. HOPKINS, Flour, Corn, Oats, Shorts, 
Middlings, Cotton Seed Meal, Best Quality Lime and 
Cement, also Manufacturer of Fish, Pork and Syrup 
Barrels and Dealers in Cooperage Stock, 80 Exchange 
Street, Bangor, Me., Grist-Mill at Oldtown. There is an 
immense amount of flour, grain and feed handled in 
Bangor every year. Among the wholesale dealers in 
these commodities none bear a higher reputation than 
Mr. A. E. Hopkins. This gentleman handles flour, 
corn, oats, shorts, middlings, cotton seed meal, and the 
best quality of lime and cement. He also manufactures 
fish, pork and syrup barrels, and deals in cooperage 
stock, being prepared to fill all orders without undue 
delay at the very lowest market rates. Mr. Hopkins 
has been engaged in his present line of business since 
1876, having begun business at that date under the firm 
name of Hopkins & Stanford, and assuming entire con- 
trol in 1887. He has gained a high place in the con- 
fidence and esteem of his customers by the integrity and 
ability shown in executing orders, and the large whole- 
sale and manufacturing business now done is only the 
legitimate outcome of the enterprising methods followed 
from the beginning. The premises made use of com- 
prise, in addition to a grist-mill at Oldtown, Me., three 
floors each 25 by 150 feet in dimensions located at No. 
80 Exchange street, also two large store houses at foot 
of Broad street with side track from Maine Central 
railroad. Mr. Hopkins has gained increased facilities 
from year to year, and was never better prepared to 
guarantee satisfaction to customers than at the present 
time. A sufficient number of efficient and courteous 
assistants are employed, and the most extensive orders 
in either department of the business can be filled at 
short notice, and every care is taken to insure accuracy 
as well as celerity. 



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C. W. COFFIN, Choice Millinery Goods; 
Special Agent for Butterick's Patterns and Publications ; 
No. 19 Main Street, Bangor, Me. Comparisons are pro- 
verbially odious, and, as a general thing, are more or less 
misleading, but there are cases where they may be used 
to advantage, as, for instance, in speaking of the milli- 
nery establishment carried on by Mr. C. W. Coffin, at 
No. 19 Main street, for even a perfect stranger to Bangor 
will get an adequate and accurate idea of the compara- 
tive importance of this enterprise when we say it is the 
largest of the kind in this city, and, although such an 
assertion would be likely to provoke dispute if made in 
connection with almost any other establishment in 
another line of business, it can be made in this connec- 
tion without fear of successful contradiction, for the fact 
noted is universally known. Mr. Coffin was born in Lon- 
donderry, N. H., but has been one of Bangor's leading 
merchants for many years, having been identified with 
trade here for nearly a quarter of a century. He carries 
an extensively large and varied stock of choice millinery 
goods, but its most noteworthy feature is not its size or its 
variety, but what may be called its " novelty," for want 
of a better word to describe what we mean, for it is made 
up in great part of the very latest fashionable novelties, 
and the ladies of this section always visit "Coffin's" 
when they wish to see the latest styles in millinery 
goods. Mr. Coffin is special agent for Butterick's pat- 
terns and publications, carrying a full assortment and 
supplying the goods at publisher's rates. These are the 
standard patterns of the country, being unequalled for 
accuracy, beauty, variety, and plainness of directions. 
Employment is given to eleven assistants, and callers 
are assured immediate and courteous attention. 



CHAELES HIGHT, Bookseller and Stationer, 
and Dealer in Paper Hangings and Window Shades, No. 
3 Smith Block, Bangor, Me. Mr. Charles Hight is a 
native of Athens, Me., and considering that he has car- 
ried on business here in Bangor for about thirty years, it 
is hardly necessary to add is as well-known a business 
man as there is in this city, for his establishment is 
known as the headquarters for all kinds of books and 
stationery. He carries a very complete line, comprising 
the most popular books of the day, as well as the latest 
fashionable novelties in stationery, and also offers a well 
chosen assortment of paper hangings and window 
shades. Our readers will be glad to know that goods of 
standard quality may be bought here at prices below 
those quoted elsewhere in this vicinity, and also that the 
stock is exceptionally large and varied, as well as desir- 
able, and those of our readers who appreciate good arti- 
cles, in the above named lines, but can't afford or don't 
wish to pay fancy prices for their goods, would do well 
to test those offered at this popular store. The premises 
occupied are located at No. 3 Smith block, and cover an 
area of about 1,000 square feet. Mr. Hight is constantly 
adding to his stock, and as the public are quick to appre- 
ciate progress and honorable business methods, it is not 
surprising that his establishment is largely patronized. 
The goods are dependable, the prices low, and customers 
are sure of courteous and prompt attention. 



M. WILLET & SON, Boarding, Livery and 
Sale Stable, Corner Harlow and Curve Streets, Bangor, 
Me. Messrs. M. Willey & Son have been engaged in their 
present line of business since 1886, a ad since that time 
they have gained a leading position among such enter- 
prises in this section. Those conversant with Messrs. 
Willey & Son's methods, will agree with us that this is 
only what was naturally to be expected, for the majority 
of the public are sure to appreciate liberal and intelligent 
service, and it would be difficult to find more thoroughly 
satisfactory accommodations than those furnished at 
this well-managed establishment. The premises are 



located at the corner of Harlow and Curve streets, com- 
prising two floors, each 55 x 84 feet in dimensions, which 
are kept in the best condition, and every facility is at 
hand for the proper care of horses, as special attention is 
given transient and boarding horses, having twenty-five 
stalls. A specialty is made in the sale of heavy horses, 
while they can furnish some very fine drivers at very 
reasonable prices. They have every accommodation for 
feeding, with good care assured. Several teams are at 
hand for livery purposes, and orders can be filled at 
short notice. As the proprietors give their personal at- 
tention to their business, those leaving orders here may 
be assured of prompt and satisfactory attention being 
given them in every respect. Mr. Moses Willey and his 
son, Mr. Walter B. Willey, are both natives of Bangor, 
and by their honorable dealings have won the respect 
and confidence of all. 




ABNEB TAYLOE, Eepresenting Henry Diss- 
ton & Sons' Saws, Files, etc. ; Also Dealer in Rubber and 
Leather Belting, Lace Leather, Emery Wheels, and All 
Kinds of Mill Furnishings; Special Agent for the Orono 
Cant-Dog; Band Saws Kept in Stock; No. 84 Exchange 
Street, Bangor, Me. In order that a house dealing in 
belting, saws and mill furnishings of all kinds should oc- 
cupy a leading position in its line of business, it is essen- 
tial that it should carry a heavy and complete stock and 
should fill all orders promptly and accurately, furnish 
goods that prove just as represented, and quote prices 
strictly in accordance with the lowest market rates. 
Hence when we state that the establishment carried on 
by Mr. Abner Taylor ranks among the leading stores de- 
voted to the wholesaling and retailing of mill supplies, 
etc., it is unnecessary to dwell upon the magnitude of 
the stock, the promptness and accuracy of the service 
and the lowness of the prices quoted. The enterprise 
was inaugurated very nearly a quarter of a century ago, 
being started in 1867 by Messrs. Gibson, Kimball & San- 
ford, who were succeeded in 1871 by Messrs. Kimball & 
Sanford, and they, in 1874, by Mr. R. W. Kimball, who 
gave place to the present proprietor in 1885. Mr. Taylor 
is a native of Bangor and is very widely known here. He 
makes it a rule to handle strictly first-class goods and 
represents Henry Disston & Sons' saws, files, etc., and 
is special agent for the famous " Orono cant-dog." He 
deals in rubber and leather belting, lace leather, emery 
wheels and mill furnishings of every description; and 
carries band saws in stock so that ordinary orders can be 
filled without delay. Mr. Taylor is prepared to hammer 
saws, and to give prompt and careful attention to all 
orders for repairing. His store is located at No. 84 
Exchange street, and the premises comprise three floors, 
each of which is 20 x 55 feet in dimensions. 



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BANGOE STEAM LAUNDEY and Bath 
Rooms, F. 0. Buzzell & Co., Proprietors, No. 31 Central 
Street, Bangor, Me. The business carried on by Messrs. 
F. O. Buzzell & Co., proprietors of the BaDgor Steam 
Laundry, was founded in 1868, and thus raDks with the 
oldest of the kind in the state. It has attained very con- 
siderable magnitude, requiring the employment of 
twenty-five assistants, the utilization of an extensive 
plant made up of the most improved machinery, and the 
occupancy of four floors, each 22 x 75 feet in size, the 
premises being located at No. 31 Central street. Not all 
of them are devoted to laundry purposes, however, for a 
portion is fitted up as public bath rooms, and hot and 
cold baths are obtainable at moderate rates. The laundry 
has telephone connection (call 60-5) and the delivery 
service is prompt, accurate and generally satisfactory. 
First-class and thorough work is done at the Bangor 
Steam Laundry, garments, etc., being thoroughly 
cleaned with the smallest possible amount of injury to 
them and uniformly moderate charges are made, the re- 
sult being that the management of the enterprise is en- 
tirely satisfactory to all save the noble army of " chronic 
kickers," and, by the way, such of these gentry as are 
not lost beyond redemption may profit by a reading of 
the "rules and regulations" printed on the business card 
of the firm. They make what Abraham Lincoln used to 
call "mighty interesting reading," and the more familiar 
you are with the ways of a certain class of laundry 
patrons, the more you will enjoy them. The concern is 
constituted of Messrs. F. 0. Buzzell and O. A. Buzzell, 
both of whom are Maine men by birth and are well 
known in Bangor socially, as well as in business circles. 



GEOBGE I. WESCOTT, Flour, Teas, To- 
bacco, Beans, Groceries, Provisions, Cheese, Eggs, and 
Country Produce ; Nos. 74 Pickering Square, 27 Broad 
Street, Bangor, Me. Were we asked to name half a 
dozen of the most prominent grocery houses in this sec- 
tion of the state, one of the first enterprises we would 
mention would be that conducted by Mr. Geo. I. Wes- 
cott, for this was inaugurated fully twenty-five years 
ago, and has long been looked upon as a representative 
undertaking of its kind, both as regards the methods 
employed in its management and its popularity through- 
out the community. The proprietor is a native of Gor- 
ham, Maine, and has been identified with his present 
business since 1866. He certainly needs no introduction 
to our Bangor readers, and his enterprising business 
methods have made him known by reputation at least 
throughout this vicinity. The premises used are located 
at No. 27 Broad street, and comprise four floors, 25 x 60 
feet in dimensions, containing a large stock of flour, teas, 
tobacco, beans, groceries, provisions, cheese, eggrs and 
country produce, etc., pure imported molasses and beans 
being a specialty. This stock is as exceptional in quality 
as it is in magnitude, and it is generally conceded among 
consumers that goods obtained at this establishment are 
sure to prove entirely satisfactory. Mr. Wescott does 
both a wholesale and retail trade, and is prepared to fill 
the most extensive orders without delay and at posit ively 
the lowest market rates, every facility being at hand to 
ensure the prompt handling of goods. 



WILLAED CUTTEE & SON, Contractors and 
Builders, Corner State and French Streets, Bangor, Me. 
The great majority of our readers would be surprised to 
learn the very small " margin of profit " that is gained 
in ordinary building operations, for the popular idea is 
that there is " big money " in building and that the profit 
made on an ordinary dwelling house, valued at say 
$3,000, is anywhere from $500 to $1,000. Yet that esti- 
mate is altogether too large, absurdly so in fact, for if a 
conscientious building firm make $300 clear of every- 
thing on a $3,000 building job they are in big luck, and 



many cases could be cited where not half that amount 
was made, not to mention cases where actual loss was 
incurred. But what has this to do with the general pub- 
lic? Simply this. The margin of profit in buildiDg be- 
ing small, there is a strong temptation to use inferior 
materials and do hurried and poor work, and, therefore, 
make sure that your house isn't built so by placing 
the contract with a thoroughly reliable concern, and we 
may say right here that you can't possibly do better than 
to place it with Messrs. Willard Cutter & Son, for a more 
honorable, better-equipped and more skilful building firm 
is not to be found in the state. Their business is of long 
standing, having been carried on by Messrs. W". and L. 
Cutter prior to the organization of the present firm, in 
1887. They utilize three spacious floors, located at the 
corner of State and French streets, and do general job- 
bing, as well as contracting and building. The firm are 
prepared to figure very closely on plans and specifica- 
tions, and will promptly furnish on application, plans, 
specifications, bills of lumber and of quantity, etc. 



ALBEET WHEELDEN, Livery Stable, York 
Street, Bangor, Me. Although it is undoubtedly difficult, 
if not impossible, to carry on a livery stable (or any 
other enterprise) so as to satisfy everybody, still, as a 
general thing, the public are not slow to appreciate lib- 
eral dealing and show their approval by the support they 
give to establishments that are conducted in accordance 
with such methods. A case in point is that afforded by 
the livery, boarding, transient and sale stable of which 
Mr. Albert Wheeld en is the proprietor. Mr. Wheelden 
has been identified with his present enterprise since 1889, 
having built up a gratifying trade which is steadily in- 
creasing. He has some very desirable teams for livery 
service, and those who wish to hire a good horse and a 
stylish easy running carriage for a moderate sum, would 
do well to give him a call. This stable is located on the 
east side of York street, comprising three stories, each 
50 by 100 feet in dimensions. Orders are filled at very 
short notice, and the teams are kept in such first-class 
condition as to be presentable in any company. An ex- 
tensive business is done, for there are good accommoda- 
tions for a large number of horses. Mr. Wheeldon 
employs three competent assistants, and every animal 
left in his care will receive the best of feed and treat- 
ment. All who have dealings here can speak in praise 
of its present management. 



COLLINS BEOTHEES, Wholesale and Eetail 
Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Pork, Fish, Poultry, 
Lard, Hams, Canned Goods, etc. ; Stalls, 3 and 5 Central 
Market, Bangor, Me. If there is any one rule, the ob- 
servance of which will ensure success in business, it is 
" give every detail close and careful personal attention," 
and it is their rigid observance of this rule that has done 
much to make the firm of Collins Brothers rank with 
the most successful and popular dealers in fresh and 
salt meats, in this city, for it enables them to ensure 
prompt and polite service to every caller, to furnish 
customers with goods suited to their tastes, and to see at 
what points, if any, the service can be improved. The 
firm is made up of Messrs. Dennis H. and Jeremiah Col- 
lins, the former a native of New York and the latter of 
Bangor. The premises utilized by the concern are stalls 
3 and 5 in Central (formerly Norombega) market, and 
are equipped with all necessary facilities for the proper 
storage of a heavy stock of fresh and salt meats, pork, 
fish, poultry, lard, hams, canned goods, etc., together 
with venison and other wild game in their season. 
Messrs. Collins Brothers quote low prices on each and 
all the commodities dealt in, and sell goods strictly on 
their merits, representing things just as they are — the 
result being that the most inexperienced purchaser may 
safely depend upon getting full value for every penny. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



flDflOlS Bf*OTHEt*S, 

Hatters, and Dealers in Boots and Shoes, 



4 BOWMAN'S BLOCK, KENDUSKEAG BRIDGE, 

BANGOR, MAINE. 



ARTHUR L. HOPKINS, Dealer in Ship 
Stores and Chandlery, Choice , Family Groceries and 
Provisions, No. 12 Exchange Street, BaDgor, Me. The 
business carried on by Mr. Arthur L. Hopkins was 
founded in 1880. Mr. Hopkins is a native of Maine, and 
has had long and varied experience in connection with 
the handling of ship stores and chandlery, the result 
being that he is in a position to furnish strictly depend- 
able goods at strictly bottom prices. The premises 
occupied are located at No. 12 Exchange street, and 
comprise three floors and a cellar, each 20 by 60 feet in 
dimensions. This affords opportunity for the carrying 
of a heavy stock and it is fully improved, a large and 
complete assortment being constantly on hand, and 
includes cordage, shingle and lath yarns, tar, pitch, 
okum, etc. Particular attention is paid to the handling 
of such brands of flour as are especially adapted for 
family use, and as very low prices are named in this 
department, housekeepers would do well to place a trial 
order with Mr. Hopkins. The stock of groceries and 
provisions comprise staple and fancy articles of all 
kinds and include some of the choicest to be found in 
Bangor. The large trade transacted is both wholesale 
and retail in character. Mr. Hopkins has an extensive 
trade in " Yankee butter dishes," and controls the sale 
for Bangor. He supplies a full outfit for vessels, and 
carries a full line of oil clothing for sailors use. Among 
the numerous things that comprise his stock and attracts 
attention is the patent foldirig yacht anchor, suitable for 
all kinds of small crafts. 



J. HENRY WHARFF, Manufacturer of 
Desks, Book Cases, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Foot-rests, 
Slipper-backs, Wall-pockets, Brackets, Easels. Reception 
Chairs, Lounges, Etc. to order. No. 13 State Street, 
Bangor, Me. It is a pleasure to call attention to the 
enterprise carried on by Mr. J. Henry Wharff, at No. 13 
State St., for it is one that is capable of being of great 
public usefulness, and its management is such that one 
may recommend the most critical person to place orders 
with Mr. Wharff in the full assurance that the results 
will be entirely satisfactory. He is a native of Bangor 
and has many friends in this city aDd vicinity. Mr. 
Wharff is a manufacturer of Desks, Bookcases, Ward- 
robes, Chiffoniers, Foot-rests, Slipper-backs, Wall- 
pockets, Brackets, Easels, Reception Chairs, Lounges, 
etc. to order, beiDg prepared to execute commissions in 
a thoroughly workmanlike manner, at short notice and 
at moderate rates. A specialty is made of wood mantels, 



and they can be furnished in any desired style of 
design from the most simple to the most elaborate. The 
framing of pictures to order is another specialty, and 
particular attention is given also to the repairing of 
furniture, not only of its wood-work but also its up- 
holstered portions, it being re-upholstered and re-cover- 
ed to look as good (and feel as good also), as new. But 
Mr. WharfFs leading specialty is the making and hang- 
ing of Shades and all kinds of Drapery, and as "a word 
to the wise is sufficient" we will say no more than that 
what he does is done artistically, accurately, durably 
and promptly, and at uniformly reasonable rates. 



C. F. & H. B. THOMS, Manufacturers of Fine 
Carriages and Sleighs, Bangor Open and Top Buggies a 
Specialty. All Kinds of Repairing Done at Short 
Notice. ' Harlow St., Bangor, Me. The manufacture of 
carriages and sleighs has long been one of Bangor's 
prominent industries, and it is gratifying to be able to 
say that the popularity of the local productions in this 
line is the result of superior merit rather than of cheap 
work, not that our Bangor manufacturers belong to that 
" high and mighty " class that quote fancy prices and 
say " take it or leave it " to the public, on the contrary 
they are, as a whole, content with a moderate profit, and 
their prices will compare favorably with those of other- 
reliable carriage makers, but their motto is "how good, 
not how cheap," and their vehicles sell because they are 
first-class and not because they are offered at prices 
impossible to quote when good material and good work- 
manship are combined. To change from the general to 
the particular, let us say that the fine carriages and 
sleighs made by Messrs. C. F. & H. B. Thorns will hold 
their own as regards style, beauty, ease, durability, 
lightness and strength in competition with those of any 
other manufacturer in the United States, and they are 
offered at figures considerably below those named by 
many others makers. The firm make a specialty of 
Bangor open and top buggies, and warrant all their pro- 
ductions and every part of each of them to prove just as 
represented. They utilize very spacious and thoroughly 
equipped premises, located on Harlow St., employ fifteen 
assistants, aDd are prepared to do custom work and all 
kinds of repairing at short notice and at reasonable 
rates. Both members of the firm are natives of Bangor, 
and are almost universally known in this city and 
vicinity. Mr. C. F. Thorns is warden of ward 6, and is 
also assistant assessor. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



rm. 




I. A. CEOCKETT& CO., Granite Workers; Man- 
ufacturers of Polished Monuments, Tablets and Head- 
stones in White, Gray, Red and Black Granites ; Also 
Dealers in Scotch Granite Monuments and Tablets ; Main 
Street, next to Parkhurst's Trunk Factory, Bangor, Me. 
Every careful observer must have noticed that granite 
is coming into more general use every day, displacing in 
many instances more showy but less durable stones, 
prominent among which may be mentioned marble. Not 
such a great many years ago marble was in high favor 
for building purposes among those who could afford it, 
but its use has greatly dimished, and the same thing may 
be said concerning its utilization for monumental and 
general cemetery purposes. Granite is unquestionably 
the coming stone, and its adoption is bound to be greatly 
aided by the operation of the enterprise conducted by 
Messrs. I. A. Crockett & Co., whose yard and office are 
located on the west side of Main street, for these gentle- 
men carry on extensive and well equipped granite works, 
occupying a yard 4,000 square feet in dimensions, and 
are prepared not only to fill orders promptly, but to 
•quote low figures on strictly first-class work. These 
granite works were originally started by Mr. I. A. 
Crockett in 1878, the present firm name of I. A. Crockett 
•& Co. being formed in 1891. Polished monuments, tab- 
lets and headstones are manufactured in white, gray, 
red and black granite. Messrs. Crockett & Co. employ 
six thoroughly competent workmen, and are prepared to 
furnish designs and estimates for all kinds of cemetery 
work, and also deal in Scotch granite, monuments and 
tablets. Such results as are attained by this firm are not 
to be understood or appreciated by any mere verbal de- 
scription, and, therefore, we trust that such of our read- 
ers as are interested will visit the works in person and 
see for themselves. The firm will be glad to give any 
information desired, and are prepared to figure very 
closely on all plans, etc., submitted, and to guarantee 
absolute satisfaction to their customers. 



C. F. "WARD, Merchant Tailor, over S! D. 
Jones & Sons, Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor, Me. We 
hear sometimes of the competition between custom 
tailors and dealers in ready made clothing, but as a 
matter of fact there is no such competition or if their is, 
it is confined to those tailors, who turn out garments 
but little if any superior to ready made work. Really 
first class custom clothing is so far superior to that 
bought ready made that there can be no comparison, and 
the much greater durability of custom garments goes 
far to compensate for any difference in the first cost. 
Among the merchant tailors located in this section of 
the state prominent and favorable mention should be 
made of Mr. C. F. Ward, for this gentleman turns out 
work equal to the best, and his prices will compare very 
favorably with those quoted by others producing equally 
desirable garments. This merchant tailoring establish- 



ment was founded in 1889 by C. F. Ward the present 
proprietor. The premises occupied are located over S. 
D. Jones & Sons, Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor, Maine, 
and are equipped with all necessary facilities to enable op- 
erations to be carried on to the best advantage. Ten to 
twelve competent assistants are employed and a beauti- 
ful and varied assortment of imported and domestic 
fabrics is constantly on hand to select from, orders 
being filled promptly and entire satisfaction as regards 
fit, prices, etc. are confidently guaranteed. Mr. Ward 

is a City Councilman. 

A. L. NEWHALL, (Successor to Kidder & 
Newhall), Dealer in Beef, Pork, Lard, Hams, Poultry, 
Venison, Fish, Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, etc. ; Also 
Shipper of Penobscot River Salmon ; Nos. 122 and 121 
Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. Since the business now 
carried on by Mr. A. L. Newhall was established, 
Bangor has increased wonderfully in population and in 
wealth, and various radical changes have occurred in the 
methods of raising and marketing the commodities in 
which he deals, but the business has always been pro- 
gressively, as well as carefully managed, and the pro- 
prietors have always been prompt to adopt new methods, 
as changes in conditions made them desirable. The 
enterprise was inaugurated in 1864 by Messrs. Kidder & 
Rice, and, in 1881, came under the control of Messrs. B. 
P. Kidder & Co. The firm-name was next changed to 
Kidder & Newhall, Mr. Newhall entering the firm in 
July, 1887, and subsequently becoming sole proprietor. 
He was born in Washington, Maine, and is widely known 
and very popular among consumers and the trade 
throughout Bangor and vicinity. He deals in beef, pork, 
lard, hams, poultry, venison, fish, oysters, clams, lob- 
sters, etc., both at wholesale and retail, utilizing spacious 
and well-equipped premises, located at Nos. 122 and 124 
Exchange street, and carrying a very heavy and com- 
plete stock at all times. A lately established, but very 
important department of the business, is the shipping of 
Penobscot River salmon, Mr. Newhall being prepared to 
supply these delicious fish at short notice and at the low- 
est market rates. Shipments are made to many distant 
points, the fish being carefully packed in ice and almost 
invariably arriving in first-class condition. 

FOX & CO., Wholesale and Eetail Dealers 
in and Manufacturers of Fine Confectionery and Ice 
Cream. 7 Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor, Me. Messrs. 
Fox & Co., manufacturers of and wholesale and retail 
dealers in fine confectionery and ice cream, began 
operations in 1885 and have built up a very extensive 
business despite the sharp competition existing in this 
line of trade. They owe their success to various causes 
but above and beyond all to the simple fact that they 
furnish superior goods at reasonable rates. The 

Bangor public patronize 
this concern's store, No. 7 
Kenduskeag Bridge, be- 
cause one is sure to find 
there a large and complete 
assortment of pure and 
finely flavored confection- 
ery and ice cream, because 
the service is prompt and 
courteous and the charges 
moderate ; and dealers 
throughout the State place 
orders with Messrs. Fox & Co., because their goods 
please the public, because they always prove as repre- 
sented, because orders are promptly and accurately 
filled, and because the goods are profitable to handle. 
The firm occupy three spacious floors at 7 Kenduskeag 
Bridge, have the most improved facilities, and employ 
16 assistants, so that even the largest orders can be 
filled at short notice. 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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ESTABLISHED 1833. 



THOS. JE>IVIVE>{S{S «£s SON, 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 



SPORTING GOODS, 

Consisting of Shot Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Shooting Jackets, Pouidef, Shot, Shells, 

Primers, Hte. 



The Largest and Most Complete Assortment of Cartridges 
East of Boston. Fishing Rods of All Kinds. A Complete 
Assortment of Flies, Keels, Lines, Baskets, Etc. 

Manufacturers and Sole 
Proprietors of 




HARDWARE, 

FINE CUTLERY, TOOLS, WINDOW GLASS, SASHES, 
DOORS, BLINDS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, 
BRUSHES, ETC. 



TRADE MARK REGISTERED. 



UMBOLEN 

SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS 
IN SPORTING GOODS. 



Lotion for Sportsmen, Tourists, Farmers, 
and all persons exposed to the attacks of 
Mosquitos, Black Flies and other Insects, 
or of the Sun and Weather. 




*Tyit is compounded by a chemist who has carefully studied its preparation, and noted its effect under all conditions upon his own person; 
and is used with satisfaction and approval by many persons of prominence, including leading merchants and members of the learned 
professions. 

It is an effectual protection from the bites of Mosquitos, Black-flies, Sand-flies, Fleas, Bed-bugs, and other Insects, and will allay the itch- 
ing and pain resulting therefrom. 

In Sunburn and Chapped hands, lips or face, it effectually prevents the skin from crackling or peeling when exposed to wind and weather. 

It is cooling and grateful to the sense of touch, reduces inflammation, and is a superior Liniment to use in case of Burns, Scalds, 
Sprains, Chilblains, Frost-Bites, Soreness of Limbs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, etc. 

It is antiseptic and protects from malaria in che same manner as carbolic acid or other disinfectants, while free from their disaerreeable 
•odor. It prevents blood poisoning in cuts, abrasions of the skin and other wounds, and promotes rapid healing in all cases. 

IT WAS AWARDED THE SILYER MEDAL PREMIUM BY THE NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

Also, Manufacturers and Sole Proprietors of 

ACME RUST PREVENTIVE, for GUNS, CUTLERY, ETC. 



TT7 3 (S business was established in 1833 by Messrs. Jenness and March, and was subsequently conducted by Mr. Thomas Jenness alone for 
dl» some years, and since his death has been carried on by Mr. J. S. Jenness, under the style of Thomas Jenness & Son. By common con- 
sent ttus firm is looked upon as the headquarters for all the various lines of goods handled, for a large stock is carried requiring the 
occupancy of very spacious premises, which comprise six floors altogether, and a large business is done, requiring the services of 5 assistants. 

Sportsmen from New England and the Middle States will remember the address of 



THops Jewess & Son, 



Ho. 12 West JVIafket Square, 



7 6 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



« 



FRED W. SAVAGE, 



DEALER IN 



Groceries, > Teas, * Coffees. 

=TABLE DELIGAGIE3= 



Fruit and Confectionery. 

CHOICEST BRANDS OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 

All Kinds of Table Goods. Table Waters in Fall Variety. 

IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CANNED GOODS, SOAPS. FANCY CRACKERS AND SOUPS. 

WOODEN WARE AND BASKETS. 



fio. 5 }i&mmond Street, 



Bangor, Paine. 



YORK MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION 



OF BIDDBJFORD, 



1» 



utual Endowment, Disability and Itife Inuranee 



Ofl TflE flSSESSIWEflT Plinfl. 



Certificates Issued to Males and Females. 
Benefits, 81,000, $2,000, $3,000 and 
$5,000. 

Pays Half the Benefit on Permanent 
Disability. 



The plan upon which this Association is organized is strictly 
mutual, and is as follows : — 
Unlimited membership. 
No discrimination on account of sex. 

Graduated assessments according to age ; to remain the same so 
long as the certificates remain in force. 

Issues straight life and disability certificates combined. 

Issues endowment and disability certificates combined, which are 
divided in proportion to amount of benefit, as in case of death. 

Assessments used only to settle death and disability benefits, and 
the accumulation of Emergency Fund. 
PERMANENT DISABILITY FEATURE. 

In case the insured shall become totally and permanently disabled 



he may, if all the conditions of the contract have been complied with, 
upon the surrender and cancellation of his policy, receive one-half its 
face m cash. 

This feature is of great importance to the insured. By sickness or 
accident any policy holder is liable to become wholly and per- 
manently disabled. In such a condition life may be prolonged for an 
indefinite period, and the insured may come into very straightened 
circumstances, and not only be unable to continue his payments for 
his insurance, but be in actual need of the necessities and comforts 
of life. In such a condition he can draw on a $5,000 policy, for in- 
stance, $2,500 in cash, and so be relieved of the burden of poverty, 
and supply himself with such comforts as will serve to alleviate at 
least the sufferings of the sick chamber. 



An Endowment Feature in Mutual Benefit Insurance Presented by the York Mutual Aid Asssociation. 



The Plan is Simple. The Results Equitahle. 

The Plan unites Personal Profit to the Survivor with Pro- 
tection to his Famiy at the same time, in case a member is 
cut off by early death, g ato fc J.L ton. - 

It is briefly this : Any ten persons entering the Association at one 
time contract with each other and the Association for a division of 
the benefits secured by the Certificate, as follows ; One-half to the 
dependents named and provided for in the Certificate, and the other 
half to his or her associates in the Club, who are named in the Certi- 
ficate. These ten persons have separate examinations ; they may 
live in different localities and be entirely unknown to each other. By 



preferring the Club plan, they simply direct, in their applications, 
that one-half of the sum insured for shall go to the dependents, and 
the other half to their Club. 

The results are equitable. After making provision for his family, 
the Club member who lives the longest, and pays more into the As- 
sociation for dues and assessments, takes his chances of getting back 
the largest returns in the way of dividends while he lives. And the 
money which pays these sums is raised in the same manner as when 
any other member of the Association dies or is permanently dis- 
abled ; also the cost of carrying a Club Certificate is the same as that 
for any other Certificate of like amount and age. Agents "Wanted. 
Good Territory Open for Agents. 



D. N. HATHORNE, Supt. of Agents, 21 Main Street. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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Wholesale and Retail. 



Wholesale and Retail. 



A. H. BABCOCK. 



CARLOADS A SPECIALTY. 



^ MAIN STREET, BANGOR, MAINE. 



MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY, 
Bangor, office, 28 West Market Square. The Merchants' 
Insurance Company began business in 1886 and its record 
has been such as to fully justify the predictions of its 
founders and to extend Bangor's reputation for enter- 
prise and liberal dealing. It is not necessary to mention 
the various direct and indirect advantages gained by the 
existence of a first-class marine insurance company in 
so important a port as Bangor, suffice it to say that all 
classes in the community profit by the workings of such 
an association and so all are interested in the continuance 
of the prosperity which has thus far attended the one 
under consideration. It has a paid in capital of $100,000 
and is prepared to take risks on hulls, freights and car- 
goes on Jthe most liberal terms, and to promptly and 
equitably adjust and pay all losses. The office is located 
at No. 28 West Market Square, and all communications 
are assured immediate and careful attention. Some of 
the most prominent business men of this portion of the 
State are identified with the company, as will be seen by 
examining the following list of officers and directors : 
E. B. Nealley, President; Wm. B. Snow, Secretary. 
Directors: James G. Pendleton, John L. Cutler, Chas. 
"V. Lord, Chas. P. Stetson, John Cassidy, L. J. Morse, 
Edward Stetson, Edward L. Stewart, E. B. Nealley. 



RICE & MILLER, Jobbers of Hardware, 
Paints and Oils, 47 West Market Square, Bangor, Maine. 
Nearly three-quarters of a century has elasped since the 
Hounding of the business carried on by Messrs. Rice & Mil- 
ler, and as it has been ably managed from the first it is not 
to be wondered at that it should have long held a leading 
position in its line, it being conceded to be the representa- 
tive enterprise of its kind in this section of the State. 
Operations were begun in 1817 by Messrs. Fogg & Bridg- 
es, and in 1884 the present firm assumed control, the part- 
ners being Messrs. G. Irving Rice a native of this city, and 
N. C. Miller who was born in Lima, New York. Both are 
thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business, 
and although 12 efficient assistants are employed both 
partners give close personal attention to the filling of 
orders and to the selection of goods, the result being that 
customers are promptly and accurately served and sup- 
plied with goods of standard quality at bottom rates. 
Both a wholesale and retail business is done but the 
bulk of the trade is at wholesale and the leading dealers 
in hardware, paints and oils, cordage, firearms and lum- 
bermen's supplies obtain their supplies through this re- 



presentative house. Doors, glazed windows, etc., are also 
largely dealt in and an immense stock is carried, requir- 
ing the occupancy of 6 floors and a basement, measuring 
25x90 feet, besides a spacious storehouse. Employment 
is given to 12 assistants, and every department of the 
business is thoroughly systematized. 



A. J. CHAPMAN, Attorney at Law, U. S. 
Pension Attorney, Wheelwright & Clark's Block, Bangor, 
Me., The advantages of employing a competent coun- 
sellor in legal matters being everywhere conceded, and 
the position of Mr. A. J. Chapman in his profession be- 
ing two well established to be affected by anything we 
can say concerning it, we will simply refer to the ser- 
vice he is prepared to offer as a United States Pension 
Attorney. Our readers need not be informed that the 
country is well supplied with Pension Agents for un- 
fortunately some of these have made themselves un- 
pleasantly conspicuous by the peculiar methods of doing 
business which they have adopted. There are good and 
bad in all professions, as in all business, and certainly 
those who advance the interests of legitimate pensioners 
in a legitimate manner should not be blamed for the acts 
of those to whom we have alluded. It is undeniable 
that many have secured their rightful dues in the shape 
of pensions by employing competent agents, who would 
otherwise have had to give the matter personal attention 
and thus liable to lose a deserved high rating of pension, 
and much valuable time even if they succeeded at all, 
for it is obvious that one who makes a specialty of ad- 
vancing such claims can proceed more intelligently and 
and with greater prospects of success than one who has 
no previous knowledge of the subject. Mr. Chapman, 
is a native of Newbury Me., and has prosecuted war 
claims against the governments, practiced law, in Ban- 
gor since 1866, he has probably done more business in the 
pension line than any other man in Bangor and is in a 
position to render most efficient help in this direction. 
His fine office is pleasantly located in Wheelwright & 
Clark's Block in this city and those having occasion for 
the services of an experienced pension attorney will find 
him prepared to give prompt, intelligent and courteous 
attention to each individual case. He served in the late 
Rebellion as Adjt.. in the 4th Reg't., Maine Vols., after 
previous service in the 2nd, Iowa Vols,, being one of 
the first to enter the service in 1861, and one of the last 
to leave it in 1865. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



ANIDROSIS 

COMPOUND VAPOR BATH 

AT 22 EAST MARKET SQUARE, BANGOR. 

8 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 6 and 7 to 9 P. M., Daily. 

A SPECIAL FEMALE ATTENDANT FOR LADIES. 

ENQUIRY AND INSPECTION INVITED. 

JL. IE. S-A-V-A-GJ-IE., PROPRIETOR. 



There are probably very few among our Maine readers that are not more or less familar with Dr. Conant's Com- 
pound Vapor Bath, for the inventor and introducer is a resident of this state so it is naturally more widely known 
here than in any other part of the Union although it has already gone into use in the majority of the United States, 
notwithstanding that it has been before the public but a few years and Dr. Conant has had so much to do at home 
that he has had no opportunity to give personal attention to spreading the merits of his invention. But as we 
said, most of our Maine readers know more or less about it and as lack of space forbids detailed explanation we 
will simply say that the bath is an air-tight wooden box which encloses all but the head of the person treated. 
Heat is applied within the box (the degree being regulated to suit the case) and the patient is made to sweat more 
or less profusely, according to circumstances, and while the pores of the skin are thus opened the body is subjected 
to medicated vapors, this being the essential feature of the treatment. Dr. Conant does not claim any new inven- 
tion in his sweating process, but the medical elements he has combined for fuming and bathing the body form the 
great source of his wonderful success in disinfecting the system of the basis by which disease of any and every 
name is made possible. This treatment acts directly and powerfully upon the blood and so strikes at the root of 
all diseases, for when once the blood is thoroughly purified disease is obviously impossible, for pure, rich blood in 
a diseased body is a manifest absurdity. Rheumatism is now generally conceded by physicians of all school to be a 
disease of the blood, or rather the result of a diseased condition of the blood, and it is a significant fact that no 
other disease yields so quickly and so surely to Dr. Conant's treatment; cases which have defied the best medical 
skill as ordinarily exerted, being relieved by the first application and eventually perfectly cured. Mr. A. E. Savage 
is a well-known native and a resident of Bangor, has fitted up rooms at No. 22 East Market Square, and is prepared 
to administer baths to all applicants ; a well-informed lady attendant being employed to wait on ladies, Mr. Savage 
secured from Dr. Conant the right to use and sell the baths in this vicinity and he has fixed his rates so low that all 
can profit by the compound vapor treatment. The rooms are open from 8 to 12 a. m. 1.30 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m., 
daily, and inquirers will be cordially received and given every opportunity to see and test the merit of this method 
of overcoming disease. 



BANGOE MUTUAL FIEE INSUEANCE 
COMPANY, State Street and East Market Sq., Bangor. 
" A prophet is not without honor, save in his own coun- 
try," and certain it is that the merits of individuals and 
of institutions are in many cases more truly valued away 
from home than they are by neighbors or by members 
of the communities in which the institutions operate, but 
" exceptions prove the rule " and we are happy to vote 
an exception in the case of the Bangor Mutual Fire In- 
surance Company, which commenced business in 1858 
and has widely disseminated the advantages of purely 
mutual insurance throughout this section. Being man- 
aged in the interests of the policyholders, and not of 
' stockholders whose prime desire is to make as much as 
possible out of an investment, it has been very success- 
ful in furnishing dependable insurance at low rates, in 
equitably adjusting and promptly paying losses, and 
hence it has won the full confidence of the public and 
is regarded as one of Bangor's most worthy and valuable 
institutions. Mr. W. P. Hubbard is President, and Mr. 
J. H. Boyd, Secretary^and the Board of Directors is 
made up of other well-known business men. The office 
is at the corner of State Street and East Market Square, 
and excellent facilities are here offered to those who wish 
to place insurance in large or small amounts and distri- 
bute their risks so as to gain the lightest security, for at 
this office the following leading companies are represent- 
ed and policies can be written on the most favorable 
terms : California, San Francisco, Fireman's Fund, San 
Francisco; Providence Washington Fire and Marine, 
Providence, E. I., St. Paul, Fire and Marine, St. Paul, 
Minn. 



WM. H. EAELE, Manufacturer of Stencils, 
Rubber Stamps, Seals, & etc., No. 53 Exchange Street 
Bangor, Me., Mr. William H. Earle, is native of Mass- 
achusetts and served in the army during the Rebellion, 
and for the greater part of the time elapsed since the 
close of the war he has been engaged in the manufac- 
ture of Stencils, etc., having been identified with that for 
twenty-four years. He manufactures Stencils, Rubber 
Stamps, Seals, etc., and is prepared to fill orders at very 
short notice and at the very lowest prices consistent 
with good and enduring work. The latest novelties in 
self-inking stamps and other time and trouble savers may 
be bought of Mr. Earle at bottom rates, and all in need 
ofStencils, Rubber Stamps, Corporation, Notarial, So- 
ciety or other Seals will certainly get A 1 goods by placing 
their orders with him at No. 53 Exchange St., On an- 
other floor of the same building, Messrs WM. H. EARLE 
& Co., carry on a radically different business the dusting 
or "beating" of carpets. This business was established 
in 1882 under the firm name of W. H. Earle & Co., and 
they have cleaned since beginning operations over one 
half million yards of carpet and have an establishep 
reputation for excellent work, and have many regular 
customers who have for years been their patrons, who 
appreciate a service that is prompt, reliable, thorough 
and economical. Carpets, Rugs, etc., are thoroughly 
dusted the work is done at short notice and at low rates, 
and the goods operated on are not injured in the least, 
for the dust is removed by scientific methods and not by 
brute force, as in hand beating. Mr. FRANK E. 
KINCAID is partner and a native of this city. 



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A. P. BRADFORD & CO., 

Glothiers and Outfitters. 

Specialties in Fine Goods. 
33 Mercantile Square, - - Bangor, Maine. 



CHICK & HAYNES, dealers in Druggists 
Supplies, patent medicines, oils, varnishes, brushes, etc. 
121 Exchange Street, Corner of York, Bangor, Maine. 
The establishment conducted by Messrs. Chick & Haynes 
may fairly be called unique, for there is not another just 
like it in the city and we doubt if there are half a dozen 
like it in the entire State. The firm are dealers in drug- 
gists' supplies, patent medicines, etc., but they do not 
compound prescriptions ; they deal in paints, varnishes, 
oils, brushes, etc., but they do not fill orders for paint- 
ing. They make a specialty of their proprietary, " Sure 
Cure Cholera Remedy," it is universally acknowledged to 
be the most efficacious medicine known for the instant 
and positive relief and radical cure of the acute diseases 
of the bowels, incident to the changes in Spring and the 
hot weather of the Summer. It is not a patent medi- 
cine " but is carefully compounded by us personally from 
a time-tried prescription, and our testimonials, instead 
of appearing in the shape of fictitious letters from places 
hundreds or more miles away from hear, are unanimous 
recommendations of our neighbors and yours, who have 
proved by trial its efficiency. It is not a "cure all," 
but is simply and wholly as it is labelled, a safe and sure 
cure for cholera morbus, dysentery, diarrhoea and pain 
in the stomach and bowels. Prepared only by Chick & 
Haynes, Sole Proprietors, 121 Exchange Street, Bangor, 
Me. And for sale generally by druggists and country 
stores. Their choice of stock medicines, druggists' sun- 
dries, etc.. are made up of the productions of the leading 
foreign and domestic manufacturers, and offered at prices 
in sharp contrast to the fancy rates sometimes quoted on 
articles of this kind. One may safely depend upon get- 
ting the best the market affords at this store, and also may 
feel confident of finding the very latest, purest and best 
in their line, for Messrs. Chick & Haynes are fully " up 
to the times " and their stock is always complete and 
will not suffer by comparison with that offered by any 
other house. The partners are Messrs. A. S. Chick and 
E. F. Haynes, both of whom are natives of Bangor, and 
have been associated since 1883. The store is at No. 121 
Exchange Street, corner of York, and is spacious and 
very well equipped throughout. 



S. N. DEA1ST, Dealer in Staple and Fancy 
Groceries, Fruits, & etc., Cor. Hammond and Union Sts. 
Bangor, Me., Mr, S. N. Dean is a native Maine, and has 
been in business in Bangor for more than a quarter of a 
century, so it is not surprising that he should be very 
widely know, especially as he has interested himself in 
public affairs, and is now a member of the Board of 
Aldermen after having been connected with the Com- 
mon Council for three years. He is a dealer in Staple 
and Fancy Family Groceries, Fruits, Provisions, Tobacco, 
Cigars, etc., and carries heavy stocks of all the leading 
brands of flour, and sells at rock bottom prices, occupy- 
ing three spacious floors at the corner of Hammond and 



Union sts. An extensive and very desirable trade 
is enjoyed for the best informed purchasers patronize 
this establishment having learned that Mr. Dean's claim 
that he sells the best goods for the least money is fully 
justified by the facts. He is able to do so, as he buys 
goods directly from first hands for cash, and also be- 
cause his long experience has made him an expert buyer 
and enables him avoid all unecessary expense in carry- 
ing on his business. As all of the goods handled are of 
excellent quality it is difficult to point out any that may 
be regarded as specialities, but it may be said that the 
assortment of Teas, Coffee and Spices is remarkably com- 
plete, and so is the stock of strictly first-class canned 
goods. Adequate assistance is employed and orders are 
assured prompt and careful attention. 



B. B. THATCHEB, Manufacturer and Dealer 
in all kinds of Pine, Spruce and Hemlock Lumber. 
Laths, shingles, clapboard, pickets, posts. A specialty 
made of pine box boards, No. 58 Exchange St., Bangor, 
Maine. Energy, enterprise and economical management 
will go far to ensure the success of any business under- 
taking but in some lines of industry, notably the manu- 
facture of lumber, they must be supplemented by exten- 
sive and efficient facilities and adequate capital in order 
to obtain thoroughly satisfactory results, and it is be- 
cause this combination is rare that the undertaking car- 
ried on by Mr. B. B. Thatcher is deserving of particular- 
ly prominent mention, for its magnitude is the direct 
result of such a combination as we have described. It 
was founded in 1876 by the present proprietor, who is a 
native of Bangor, and is far too generally known in 
Bangor and vicinity to render extended personal mention 
necessary, for he has represented Bangor in both branch- 
es of the legislature, and is now a member of the Sen- 
ate. Mr. Thatcher is a manufacturer of and dealer in 
all kinds of pine, spruce and hemlock lumber, laths, 
shingles, clapboards, pickets, posts, etc., and also pine 
box boards, of which he makes a leading specialty. His 
office is at No. 58 Exchange Street, Bangor, and his mills 
are located in Milford, Maine. They are fitted-up with 
elaborate plants of the most improved machinery and 
rank with the leading establishments of the kind in the 
State. Ample and reliable water power is available and 
the facilities for manufacturing and shippinga re so ex- 
tensive that the largest orders can be filled at very short 
notice ; while the lowest market rates are quotedon all 
the kinds of lumber dealt in. Mr. Thatcher is also large- 
ly interested in the manufacture of wood pulp, being a 
large stockholder and president of the Orono Pulp and 
Paper Company, located at Basin Mills, Me. The works 
of this company have been built during the past year, 
and have a capacity of 15 tons of pulp per day. Mr. 
Thatcher is a director in the Bangor and Piscataquis and 
in the Bangor and Aroostook Railroads, also Trustee of 
the Bangor Theological Seminary. 



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ADOLF PFAFF, dealer in Diamonds, Watches, 
Jewelry, Clocks, Spectacles, Opera Glasses, etc., Fine 
Watch Repairing a Specialty. 3 Smith's Block, Bangor, 
Me. Probably Watches, Jewelry, etc., were never so 
oheap before as at the present time, but it is also true 
that never before was there such a quantity of " bogus " 
goods on the market, so that purchasers cannot be too 
careful in making their selections. As a matter of fact 
the only sure way of '■ getting your money's worth" is 
to patronize a dealer who not only knows his business 
but has an established reputation for looking out for the 
interests of his customers, and as Mr. Adolf Pfaff can 
certainly be depended upon in both respects, it naturally 
follows that he is a good man to call on when anything 
in the line of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, 
Spectacles, Opera Glasses, etc., is wanted. Mr. Pfaffhas 
also a complete and well organized stock of Optical 
Goods and can give you any style or quality of spectacles 
in solid gold or the cheaper materials. Particular pains 
are taken at this establishment to have all spectacles 
well centered and the bridge of the proper height, which 
is so essential to good sight. Oculists prescriptions 
filled accurately at reasonable rates. This business was 
originated in 1860 by Mr. W. F. Weeks, who was succeeded 
by Mr. Charles Hight in 1876, the firm of Hight & 
Pfaff being formed in 1878, the present proprietor assum- 
ing entire control of the business in 1883. He occupies one 
half the store with Mr. Charles Hight at No. 3 Smith 
Block, and makes a specialty of fine watch repairing, 
everything in the line of jewelry will be put in order at 
short notice and in a thoroughly satisfactory manner at 
moderate rates. Two competent assistants are employed, 
and prompt and accurate attention is assured to all. Mr. 
Pfaff' is a native of Germany and by his honorable 
business dealings has built up a high reputation, and 
an extensive retail business throughout Bangor and 
vicinity. 



C. L. MARSTON, Photographer, No. 3 Bow- 
man's Block, Kenduskeag Bridge, Bangor, Me., Mr. 
C. L. Marston has carried on operations in Bangor as a 
photographer for more than a third of a century, having 
started in 1856, and hence those who are at all familiar 
with the origin and development of photography, need 
not to be told that the art has been completely revolu- 
tionized several times since Mr. Marston opened a studio 
here. Nowadays, everybody makes photographs or at 
least tries to — but the process has been wonderfully sim- 
plified and made much more certain and incomparably 
more easy, it is as much a fact to-day as ever that one 
must be an artist in order to secure artistic results. 
There are comparatively few artists, — therefore there are 
comparatively few really artistic photographers, and that 
Mr. Marston is prominent among them an examination 
of his work will prove to the satisfaction of any com- 
petent judge. He carries on photography in all branches, 
but we would call particular attention to his facilities 
for copying pictures, for enlarging them to any size de- 
sired, and finishing in India ink, oil or water colors; 
for unfortunately there are many utterly unreliable 
houses engaged in such work, so it is well worth while 
to take pains to place orders with one known to be skil- 
ful and entirely responsible. Mr. Marston's charges are 
moderate and work can be done at short notice, ample 
assistance being employed, and the most improved ap- 
paratus provided at his spacious rooms at No. 3 Bow- 
man's Block, Kenduskeag Bridge. Mr. Maraton was born 
in Maine and is one of the best known of Bangor's men 
of business. He has served in the Common Council and 
the Board of Alderman, and is one of the directors of 
and general agent for the Arctic Ice Co., which was in- 
corparated in 1880 with a capital of $40,000 and deals 
very largely at wholesale in Penobscot River Ice. 



BANGOR BEEF COMPANY, Commission 
Merchants in Swift's Chicago Beef, Pork, Mutton and 
Provisions, 130 Broad Street, BaDgor, Maine, Geo. H. 
Newhall, Manager. The Bangor Beef Company began 
operations as commission merchants in Swift's Chicago 
Beef, pork, mutton and provisions, in 18S6 and in the 
face of close and determined competition, have built-up 
a business of which they may well be proud, especially as 
its development is due to the handling of uniformly 
superior goods and not to the furnishing of inferior 
commodities at cheap rates. Mr. George H. Newhall, 
the manager of the company, is a native of Clinton, Mass., 
and to him more than to any other one man is the heavy 
demand for Swift's beef, etc., in this section due for 
although the goods sell on their merits wherever intro- 
duced it is no easy task to properly introduce commodi- 
ties in an already well-supplied market, and Mr. Newhall 
deserves great credit for the high degree of success he 
has attained by the use of strictly legitimate methods. 
The premises utilized by the company are located at No. 
130 Broad Street, and have cold-storage accommodations 
for two car loads, a very heavy stock of beef, mutton, 
pork, lamb, sausages and all kinds of fresh, dry, salt 
and sugar cured smoked meats being constantly carried. 
Employment is given to 3 assistants, and all orders are 
assured prompt and painstaking attention. 



HOLT & MORRILL, Taxidermists and 
Dealers in Sporting Goods, Shot Guns, Rifles, Revolvers 
and Fishing Tackle. Repairers of Fire Arms, Umbrellas, 
Pipes, etc No. 4 State Street, Bangor, Me. Bangor is 
an important trade centre and a prosperous manufac- 
turing city, but it is especially well-known as a sporting 
centre for its location is such that by far the larger por- 
tion of the great army of sportsmen who visit Maine 
every year pass through the city and many stop here for 
a long or short period, especially during the "salmon 
season" as the salmon fishing within Bangor's limits 
has a national reputation. It follows, therefore, that 
Bangor presents an excellent field for such an enter- 
prise as is carried on by Messrs. Holt & Morrill, taxi- 
dermists and dealers in Sporting Goods, Fire-arms, 
Fishing Tackle, etc., and the rapid and constant de- 
velopment of their business is proof that they fully 
utilize the opportunities offered. The partners, Messrs. 
J. W. Holt and F. L. Morrill, are both natives of Bangor 
and are widely known, not only in this section but 
throughout the Eastern States, as their accommodating 
and energetic methods have made them many friends 
among visiting sportsmen from all points in that portion 
of the Union. The firm are prepared to mount in a 
lifelike and durable manner any specimen forwarded to 
them in good condition, whether it be a humming bird 
or a moose and they make a specialty of Dear, Caribou 
and Moose Heads, mounting them to order or furnishing 
them ready-mounted at reasonable rates. Orders are 
filled at short notice and special instructions as to style 
of mounting, etc., will be faithfully carried out. The 
repairing of Pipes, Fire Arms, Umbrellas, Musical 
Instruments, etc., is an important department of the 
business, the work being neatly and strongly done, and 
the firm are manufacturers of " Ringed Sinkers" which 
are very popular, large shipments of them being made 
to New York and Boston nouses, besides to dealers in 
other cities. Very spacious premises are occupied 
located at No. 4 State St., they comprising 2 floors, 
measuring 20 x 60 feet. A heavy and complete stock of 
Shot Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Hunting Knives, Fishing 
Tackle and General Sporting Goods is constantly carried, 
the productions of leading manufacturers being repre- 
sented and low prices being quoted on all the articles 
dealt in. 



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OEOSBY & DWINEL, Jobbers of Staple 
Fancy Goods, 101 Exchange Street, Bangor, Me., 
Although retailers have direct relations with the pur- 
chasing public while wholesalers and jobbers have no 
direct dealing with them whatever it would be obviously 
absurd to argue that the public have no interest in such 
an enterprise as conducted by Messrs. Crosby & Dwinel, 
for as dealers must depend largely upon the jobbers for 
the advantages they are enabled to offer their patrons, 
it follows that the more progressive and reliable the 
jobbers are the more chance there is for the ordinary 
retail buyer to get full value for money expended. The 
firm mentioned are jobbers of Staple Fancy Goods, and 
have built up a very extensive business since they began 
operations eight years ago, for although competition 
is keen in their field of effort Messrs. Crosby & Dwinel 
have been very successful in catering to the most care- 
ful buyers, and have repeatedly proved their ability to 
furnish goods of standard merit, at very short notice 
and at the lowest market rates. The premises made use 
of are located at No. 101 Exchange St., and comprise 
three floors, of the dimensions of 20x80 feet. The firm 
is constituted of Messrs. Fred S. Crosby and Frank 
Dwinel, both of whom are natives of Bangor. They 
give personal attention to the filling of orders and as 
four assistants are employed the most extensive com- 
missions can be executed at very short notice. t-^'t 

PEED T. HALL & CO., Grocers, Provision 
and Fruit Dealers, No. 2 Kenduskeag Block, Bangor, 
Maine. Among the merchants who have established 
themselves in Bangor, within the last ten years none 
takes a higher stand or has gained a greater popularity 
than Mr. Fred T. Hall. He is a native of Hampden Me., 
and in 1886 opened his present house of business in Ban- 
gor. He deals in the usual line of fine groceries which 
are to be found in a first-class establishment, com- 
prising, Sugars, Teas, Coffees, Spices Canned Goods, 
and table delicacies of all kinds, with the best brands of 
Flour, and a great assortment of miscellaneous articles 
may be added to the list. Mr. Hall makes a speciality 
of dealing in choice Provisions and Fruits. These are 
selected with the greatest care, and obtained directly from 
producers, so that Mr. Hall's customers may feel assured 
that in dealing at this house they will receive goods 
which can be thoroughly relied upon in every instance. 
The premises occupied are situated at No. 2 Kendus- 
keag Block, consisting of a store and basement each20x 
60 feet in dimensions. The business is both wholesale 
and retail, and four assistants are employed who will be 
proud to attend to every order promptly and satisf actor 
ily. Mr. Hall, served in the war, and is held in highest 
esteem for his honorable dealings by all those who have 
been connected with him in any way. 



HUSKIES & SEAES, Manufacturers of Pine 
Carriages and Sleighs, Business Wagons and Pungs, 
Corner of York and French Streets, Bangor Me., Ee- 
pairiDg Neatly and promptly Done. It is true that 
"good stock costs money" and that a first-class carriage 
cannot be bought for a second-class price, but it is also 
true that some manufacturers and dealers are not content 
with a fair profit, but tUckon an extra price or "change 
for the name" as the common saying is, and therefore 
the shrewd buyer avoids such dealers as carefully as he 
avoids those who handle inferior vehicles. The firm of 
Huskins & Sears, manufacturers of Fine Carriages and 
Sleighs, Business Wagons and Pungs, have built up a 
good business since they began operations, in 1887, by 
giving excellent value for money received, and by fill- 
ing orders promptly and accurately, and we take pleas- 
ure in recommending them to such of our readers as 



may wish anything in their line. Their factory is loca- 
ted corner of York and French Sts„ and is fitted up with 
all necessary facilities to enable operations to be carried 
on to the best possible advantage. Particular attention 
is paid to repairing, it being neatly and strongly done at 
short notice and moderate rates. Both members of the 
firm are natives of Maine, and are practical men who 
give close attention to every detail of the business, and 
knowingly allow no poor work to leave the factory. 



J. M. AESTOLD SHOE COMPANY, Whole- 
sale Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Bubber Goods, Hats, Caps 
and Moccasins; Pote Block, Kenduskeag Bridge, 
Bangor, Me. The J. M. Arnold Shoe Company is of 
quite recent origin, but not so the business with which 
it is identified, for that was inauguarated very nearly a 
quarter of a century ago, and is doubtless one of the 
best-known of the kind in Bangor, which is saying a 
good deal, for this city is and has long been a very im- 
portant centre for the distribution of boots, shoes, hats, 
caps, etc. The enterprise in question was established in 
1867 by Messrs. Gregory & Arnold, who were succeeded 
in 1868 by Messrs. Arnold & Sawyer, who retained con- 
trol until the organization of the present company, in 
1889. The simple statement that Mr. Ara Cushman is 
president and Mr. J. M. Arnold, treasurer, is all that is 
necessary to demonstrate its ability to meet all honorable 
competition, and it seems superfluous to add that the very 
largest orders can be filled at short notice, and that bottom 
prices are quoted on all the articles handled, these includ- 
ing boots, shoes, rubber goods, hats, caps and moccasins. 
The company do an exclusively wholesale business, 
and carry a heavy and varied stock at their spacious 
store in Pote block, Kenduskeag bridge. Employment 
is given to nine assistants, including four "traveling 
men," and all orders, both large and small, are assured 
immediate and painstaking attention. jIH 

*SSE. G. INGALLS, Jeweler, 24 West Market 
Square, Bangor, Me. Although the most of us think 
that we can select such commodities as clothing, grocer- 
ies, boots, shoes, etc., or any other article in common use 
with considerable confidence. When we buy watches, 
jewelry, or silverware, we depend almost entirely upon 
the honesty of the dealer; of course all persons hive 
their tastes in these articles and know what suits them, 
so far as mere appearance is concerned, but if we desire 
to be sure of our money's worth, and to know just what 
we are buying, it is obvious that ordinary prudence 
demands our purchasing anything in this line from 
thoroughly reputable dealers, and those who neglect 
this precaution have only themselves to blame if the 
result is not satisfactory. Without desiring to exalt one 
house at the expense of another, we must still call our 
readers' attention to the advantages offered to the 
patrons of the establishment carried on by Mr. E. G. 
Ingalls, at No. 24 West Market Square, Bangor, for the 
goods sold here are not only excellent in quality, but 
are low priced, as a careful comparison will soon prove 
to anyone's satisfaction. The establishment in question 
was founded about fifteen years ago by the present 
proprietor. The stock handled is not as extensive as is 
found in some establishments but very low prices are 
given on such goods as are handled. A specialty is 
made of all kinds of repairing of jewelry and watches. 
Mr. Ingalls is a native of Dexter, Me., and is highly 
respected thoroughout Bangor. He has been connected 
with the city government as Councilman, and also served 
in the Army during our late civil war. He has a well 
earned reputation of being a first class watch maker and 
repairer and all work is guaranteed. 



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is at No. 15 Hammond St,, and sufficient assistance is 
employed to ensure prompt and careful attention to 
every caller. The proprietor is a native of Vermont 
and during his long and honorable business career has 
become almost universally known in Bangor and vi- 
cinity. 



W. H. EDMUNDS, Optician, dealer in Watches, 
Clocks and Jewelry. Solid Silver and Plated Ware. No. 15 
Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine. It is a singular fact 
that many persons who have their clothing made to or- 
der because they find that ready-made clothing does not 
fit them properly will purchase and use "ready-made" 
spectacles and apparently never have the idea enter their 
heads that such spectacles may "fit" 1 even than the worst 
ready-made garments. And yet the varieties of vision 
and particularly of defective vision are almost endless and 
there is not one chance in a thousand that a pair of spec- 
tacles bought at random from one not a competent op- 
tician will really "lit" the purchaser. Ill fitting cloth- 
ing injures merely one's appearance and that but tem- 
porarily; ill fitting spectacles or eye-glasses injure one's 
eyesight and the injury is permanent and in fact is 
constantly increasing. On the contrary, scientifically 
chosen spectacles will so aid the eyes that further im- 
pairment of the sight is generally arrested and in many 
cases is a marked improvement in the vision so that 
it is the height of folly to put off using glasses, as long 
as possible, as many do thinking thereby to preserve 
their sight. Straining the eyes cannot possibly benefit 
them, and to do without spectacles after the sight has 
become impaired inevitably causes constant,and serious 
srains, consult a competent optician at once and if in or 
near Bangor you cannot possibly do better thau to con- 
sult Mr. W. H. Edmunds, who has had a quarter of a 
century experience, and is as well versed in the theory 
as in the practice of optics. He will test the vision and 
furnish spectacles and eye glasses perfectly adapted to 
the case, and we may add that his charges are uni- 
formly moderate. Mr. Edmunds also furnishes other 
optical goods, such as Microscopes, Telescopes, Opera 
Glasses, etc., and deals in Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, 
Solid Silver and Plated Ware, carrying a fine stock and 
quoting very low prices. A specialty is made of the 
manufacture of Solid Gold Jewelry to order, and of the 
engraving of Monograms, Ciphers, Inscrptions. in fact, 
any device, motto, etc., that may be desired. Watches, 
clocks and jewelry are repaired in a neat and durable 
manner short notice, this being one of the most import- 
ant departments of the business. Mr. Edmunds' store 



JOHN CASSIDY & SON, Dealers in Grocer- 
ies aDd provisions, No. 25 Broad Street, Bangor Maine. 
It is no discredit to the other excellent grocery and pro- 
vision stores in Bangor to say that that carried on by 
Messrs. John Cassidy & Son has hardly its rival in town, 
for this business was founded many years ago, and so 
long a "start" is not easy to be made up by compet- 
itors. This enterprise was established in 1876, by the 
senior member of the present firm, which was estab- 
lished in 1890, and is composed of Messrs. John and J. 
W. Cassidy, both natives of this town. The premises 
occupied are located at No. 25 Broad Street, and con- 
sists of a store 4 floors 25 x 50 feet in size, and a large 
storehouse. Employment is given to three experienced 
and careful assistants, and orders will be accurately 
filled and delivered at short notice. The stock com- 
prises groceries and provisions in almost endless variety, 
obtained from the most reputable sources, and admir- 
ably adapted to the requirements of the most select 
trade, while no exorbitant prices are quoted in any 
department, the lowest market rates being closely 
adhered to, the result being a general knowledge on the 
part of the public that in no store in the county can a 
dollar be spent to better advantage in the purchase of 
food supplies. 

HAYNES, PILLSBUEY & CO., Wholesale 
Dealers in Bar Iron, Steel, Carriage Stock, Hardware, 
Paints, Oils, Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c, Nos. 126 and 128 
Exchange Street, Bangor, Me. It is safe to assert that 
a very large proportion of the iron, steel, carriage stock 
and hardware used in Bangor and throughout this 
section of the State is furnished by Messrs. Haynes, 
Pillsbury & Co., who do an exclusive wholesale business 
and carry on what is by far the largest hardware estab- 
lishment in this city. It is located at Nos. 126 and 128 
Exchange St., and the premises utilized are very 
spacious, their aggregate area approximating 30,000 
square feet. An immense stock is carried, and so varied 
is it that even to catalogue it would exhaust our available 
space many times over, but the most important com- 
modities it comprises are bar iron, steel, carriage stock, 
hardware, paints, oils, doors, sash, blinds, cutlery, 
builders' hardware of all kinds, and blacksmith's sup- 
plies. The firm are manufacturer's agents for Lane's 
barn door hangers, which are conceded to be more 
practical than any others on the market as they are 
eas^y applied, do not stick but work easily even after 
loDg use, and are extremely strong and durable. The 
concern are also agents for " Miners' Friend Dynamite," 
which has been called by competent authority " the 
greatest improvement of the age in explosive com- 
pounds," as it is as safe if not safer to handle than any 
other high explosive, and is remarkably reliable and 
efficient. Obtaining practically all their goods directly 
from first hands, Messrs. Haynes, Pillsbury & Co. are 
prepared to quote bottom prices as well as fill the 
largest orders without delay. They are direct importers 
of cutlery, and in this line of goods they offer unequal- 
led inducements, while in every branch of their business 
they are prepared to easily meet all honorable compe- 
tition. Employment is given to about 20 assistants 
including 5 traveling men, and the great business is so 
thoroughly systemized that orders are assured much 
more prompt and careful attention than at many an es- 
tablishment supplying a much smaller circle of patrons. 



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JAMES A. ROBINSON & SON, Dealers in 
Ready-Made Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods; 
Custom Work Made to Order; Taylor's Corner, Bangor, 
Me. The firm of James A. Robinson & Son was formed 
in 1891, and is constituted of Messrs. James A. and 
Frank A. Robinson, both of whom are natives of Maine. 
The senior partner is one of the most experienced manu- 
facturers of and dealers in clothing in the state, and the 
enterprise conducted by the firm is of very long stand- 
ing, having been inaugurated some thirty-five years ago 
by Messrs. Wheelwright, Clark & Co., who were suc- 
ceeded in 1879 by Messrs. Robinson & Arey, Mr. James 
A. Robinson assuming sole control in 1884, and admit- 
ting his son to partnership seven years later. The firm 
utilize very spacious premises at Taylor's corner, com- 
prising one floor and a basement of the dimensions of 
40 x 60 feet, an upper salesroom measuring 20 x 60 feet, 
and the entire fourth and fifth floors which are sixty 
feet square and are used as work- shops. The stock of 
ready-made clothing will not suffer by comparison with 
any other in the state, for it is very large, is complete in 
every department, and is so varied that all tastes and 
purses can be perfectly suited. The public are well 
aware of this fact, and, as a natural consequence, the 
firm do a very extensive business, customers coming from 
all points in the vicinity of Bangor, as well as from all 
parts of the city itself. Clothing suited to dress, street 
and working wear, stylish in cut, perfect in fit, durable 
immaterial and excellent in workmanship may be ob- 
tained here at the lowest market rates, and the purchaser 
is assured that every article will prove just as repre- 
sented in every respect. Garments will be made to order 
in the most artistic manner at short notice and at low 



prices, and an extensive assortment of foreign and 
domestic fabrics is constantly on hand to choose from. 
A large stock of gents' furnishing goods is also carried, 
and sufficient assistance is employed to ensure prompt 
and careful attention to every caller. 

FAEMER'S HOME, 0. C. & E. E. KENNEY, 
Props. ; Meals at all Hours ; No. 22 Pickering Square, Ban- 
gor, Me. Commercial travelers say there never was but 
one man who could manage a hotel so as to suit everybody 
and he died young, so that it is safe to assume there is 
no hotel in the country so managed that there is no 
opportunity to growl at anything, and we have no idea 
of making such a claim for the establishment con- 
ducted by Messrs. C. C. & E. R. Kenney, but we have no 
hesitation in recommending it to nil reasonable travel- 
ers, for the " Farmer's Home " is conveniently located at 
No. 22 Pickering Square, very comfortably furnished 
and well kept, and the proprietors spare no pains to 
make things agreeable and to lodge their guests well, 
feed them well and treat them well in every respect. 
Surely no more can be asked by any reasonable patron, 
and the character and extent of the patronage go to 
show that the facilities offered are appreciated. Messrs. 
Kenney have been identified with their present enterprise 
since 1881. The dining-room can seat forty guests, the 
bill of fare is varied and abundant, the cooking is good 
and the service prompt and obliging — points which 
experienced travelers will appreciate. Meals can be had 
at all hours, and when we add that the terms are very rea- 
sonable, it will not be wondered at that the house is lib- 
erally patronized and is steadily and rapidly gaining in 
popularity. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



Mrs. EUFUS HAMM, Art Needle Work, 43 
Main Street, Bangor. The difference between a "home'" 
and a " house " is in many instances undeflnable but is 
always apparent, for just as truly as " stone walls 
do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " just so 
truly may it be said that the finest edifice, the most 
elaborate furnishing, and the freest expenditure will not 
make a home, unless accompanied by that mysterious 
something we call " good taste." Comparatively humble 
quarters may be made very attractive by the judicious 
use of Art Needlework, and the most elegant apartments 
will look bare and cold unless adorned by articles of 
that kind, for they give a peculiarly " homelike " effect 
and add that " feminine touch " which is so frequently 
referred to, so indispensable, yet so imperfectly under- 
stood. The residents of Bangor and vicinity have learned 
that they can get the very finest Art Needlework at the 
establishment carried on by Mrs. Rufus Hamm at No. 
43 Main st., for this store has been conducted some 4 
years and has steadily grown in popular favor, owing to 
the desirability of the goods and the lowness of the 
prices. Order work will be done at very short notice, 
4 assistants being employed, and a beautiful assortment 
of finished work, and of Art Needle Materials, etc., is 
constantly on hand. 

BBOWN & DILLINGHAM. Livery, Hack, 
Boarding and Sale Stable, Billings Avenue, Hammond St., 
Bangor. The establishment carried on by Messrs. Brown 
& Dillingham is as good an example of an "all round" 
stable as can be found in Bangor, or in other words the 
service offered is so comprehensive and so efficient in 
every department that, whether judged as a Livery, 
Hack, Boarding or Sale Stable the establishment will 
compare favorably with any in the city. If the proprie- 
tors make a specialty of any one branch of the business it 
is of the last mentioned, for they sell a great many 
horses every year and their stable is becoming almost 
universally known in this section as a place where de- 
sirable working and driving horses may always be 
bought at fair rates. There is a good deal of talk about 
"fraud" in the sale of horses and many otherwise sen- 
sible persons firmly believe that every man or every 
firm that sells horses will cheat the purchaser as much 
as is possible, and yet this belief is utterly absurd for if 
you deal with an honorable man or an honorable con- 
cern and you are disposed to be fair yourself you will be 
treated fairly and squarely, whether you are buying 
horses or anything else. Messrs. Brown & Dillingham 
are not the kind of men to indulge in "sharp practice" 
and their record as a concern shows that representations 
made by them may safely be accepted as strictly true. Mr. 
S. W.Brown is a native of Stetson and Mr. H. H.Dilling- 
ham was born in this city. The firm utilize extensive pre- 
mises located at Billings Ave. and Hammond St., capable 
of accommodating sixty horses, and boarders are assured 
comfortable quarters and proper food and care, while 
livery teams will be furnished at very short notice and at 
uniformly moderate rates. 



W. B. GOULD, No. 2 Harlow St., Bangor, 
Maine. Tobacco, Cigars and Smokers' Sundries. 
When a stranger arrives in a city or town, his first ques- 
tions are generally afflicted in a great measure by bis 
personal habits. Of course he will want a good 
hotel, but after that point is provided for, if he be a 
smoker 1 the chances are that he will want to know where 
he can get a good cigar. Well, if in Bangor, no better 
place can be found than the establishment of which Mr. 
W. B. Gould is the proprietor, located at No. 2 Harlow 
Street. This business has been carried on by Mr. Gould 
for the past twenty years and a large manufacturing 
wholesale and retal business has been built up. Mr. 
Gould is a manufacturer of Cigars as well as a dealer in 
Tobacco and Smokers' Sundries, and recognized the fact 
that he must furnish a good article if he wished to estab- 
lish a permanent business, and from the very beginning 
he has taken pains to manufacture and sell cigars that 
were uniform and excellent in flavor, as well as low in 
price. The premise occupied comprise three floors, 
each 20x60 feet in dimensions. The business is not con- 
fined to the manufacture of cigars but includes the sale 
of foreign cigars, tobacco and smokers, articles in general, 
and a fine assortment is constantly carried in stock. Mr. 
Gould is a native of Bangor, and is very well known 
throughout this city. He warrants his goods to prove 
just as represented, while the prices quoted on the same 
will be found very low. 3 \£ 

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T. F. CASSIDY, Dealer in Ships Stores and 
Family Groceries, Cordage and Chandlery, Anchors and 
Chains, Paints and Oils. Manufacturer of Blocks, Cant 
Dogs, and Ice Tools of all kinds. Front Street, Bangor, 
Me. A remarkable example of what may be ac- 
complished by brains, energy, industry, fair dealings 
and close attention to business is afforded by the record 
made by Mr. T F. Cassidy since he began operations in 
Bangor, in 1871, for he started as a blacksmith and is 
now a manufacturer of Cassidy's patent Dog, Cant 
Tackle Blocks and Marine Hardware, Builder's and 
Bridge Iron Work, and dealer in Anchors, Chains, and 
Pumps, Cordage and Chandlery, Paints and Oils, Ship 
Stores and Family Groceries of every description. He 
also carries on a grist mill, manufactures Ice Tools of all 
kinds, and is agent for Edson Mfg., Co's., Pumps, West- 
brook Mfg., Co's., Duck, Knowlton Bros., Windlasses 
and Capstains, Dyer's Gaff Topsail Sheet Cleats, Averill 
Ready Mixed Paints, and Russell Pumps, and deals 
largely in Oakum Tar and Pitch, Caulking Tools, Sig- 
nal Lights, Lanterns, Wire Rope, Jib Hawks Mast Hoops 
Belaying Pins and Ship Supplies in general. Mr. Cas- 
sidy employs a large force of assistants and fills all 
orders without delay and at bottom rates, he giving 
close personal attention to every detail of the business. 
He was formerly connected with the City Council and is 
extremely well know, not only in Bangor but through- 
out this section of the state. 



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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BREWER. 



Brewer is situated in the southern part of Penobscot County on the east bank of the Penobscot 
Biver. The position occupied by Brewer at the head of tide-water is one of the most advantageous, 
and its advantages were early appreciated, one of the first settlements in the Penobscot valley being 
made at this point. Bangor and Brewer lie directly opposite one another and are connected by a 
toll bridge and a ferry, also by various less tangible and obvious but more intimate and permanent 
attachments, which are so many and important that the life and development of the two places are 
as closely identified as were those late truly "inseparable" companions, the " Siamese Twins." 
Both lost somewhat in population during the disastrous decade 1870-1880 ; both made great gains, 
not only in population, but also in valuation, during the succeeding decade, and both have made 
such progress since the close of the latter that there is every reason to believe that when the 
twentieth century opens both can look back upon ten years of development unparalled in their 
histories. 

The close relationship of Brewer and Bangor has existed to a greater or less extent from the 
very beginning, so that the early history of the former must be studied in connection with that of 
the latter, and this is the easier to do from the fact that the age of the two cities is practically 



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identical, Bangor having been first settled in 1769 and Brewer in 1770. Jacob Buswell or Bussell, 
as the name is generally spelled by late historians, was the first permanent white settler in Bangor, 
he building a log cabin on the high land east of the Kenduskeag River a little ways below the 
extensive ledges in the Penobscot known as the rocks of Champlain and now covered by a wharf. 
In the spring of the following year, he was joined by his son, Stephen, and by Caleb Goodwin and 
family, and in the early fall, the first settlement was made on the opposite side of the Penobscot at 
a point destined to become the site of Brewer Tillage, the pioneer settler being John Brewer, from 




Brimmer Square. 



Worcester, Mass. He had visited the Penobscot in search of a favorable place at which to estab- 
lish a mill, and after making a thorough examination of various tributary streams, including the 
Condeskeag or Kenduskeag, as it is now called, he decided in favor of the Segeundedunk, and laid 
the foundation for a dam at its mouth in September, 1770, after which he returned to Worcester. 
In April, 1771, he re-visited the Penobscot accompanied by an adequate force of mechanics, com- 
pleted the dam, built a mill and leased it, and also erected a dwelling-house. Brewer was asso- 
ciated with twenty-one others in the settlement and development of the region, they being organized 
as a company, and beginning operations on quite an extensive scale. The territory marked out by 
the company extended from Buck's Ledge to the head of tide- water, twelve miles up the river and 
six miles inland at its widest point, the tract containing about fifty-eight square miles. It was 
named New Worcester. Before beginning operations, the company had obtained from the General 
Court of the Massachusetts Colony a license to settle upon the tract in question, but they held no 
valid title to the land, as the grant was conditional upon its being confirmed by the British Gov- 
ernment within three years. The necessary steps were taken to secure that confirmation, and the 
petition was favorably received and compliance promised, but decisive action on the part of the 
Crown was delayed for some unexplained reason, and the outbreak of the Revolution found the 



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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BREWER. 



matter still undecided. Although conscious that they were squatters from a legal standpoint, the 
settlers had sufficient confidence in the justness of their countrymen and in the favorable outcome 
of the struggle with Great Britain to continue to occupy and improve their lands, in the expecta- 
tion of having their titles legalized at the close of the war. The remoteness and insignificance of 
the settlement protected it from attack for some years after the commencement of hostilities, and 
even after the English had established a fort at what is now Castine, in June, 1779, the residents 
of Penobscot Valley were promised freedom from molestation if they would quietly pursue their 
vocations and act the part of neutrals. 

A fleet and an army were sent from Massachusetts to dislodge the British, and would have had 
no difficulty in taking the position by assault, as but few guns had been mounted and the works 
were very incomplete, but the commander of the expedition greatly misjudged the strength of the 
fortification and so decided to reduce it by siege, but the besiegers were finally driven away by a 
fleet and fled up the river, abandoning and burning their vessels and taking refuge in the forests. 
John Brewer assisted many refugees to escape, and gained the enmity of the infamous Mowatt, the 
result of which was that Brewer and many of his neighbors had to abandon their lands and seek 
older settlements for safety, Brewer going back to Worcester and not returning until 1783. The 
following year the tract was regularly surveyed by an agent of the State of Massachusetts, and in 
1875, all the lots fronting upon the river were granted to John Brewer and Simeon Fowler in consid- 
eration of the sum of 3,000 pounds paid in the greatly depreciated " consolidated notes " of the 
period. This tract had an area of 10,864 acres, and the remainder of the territory was granted to 
Moses Knapp and associates. 

The population increased rapidly after the war was over, and March 21, 1788, the plantation 
was incorporated as a town under the name of Orrington. For a number of years it was the most 
populous town in the county, and so remained until February 22, 1812, when the northern part 
was set off and incorporated as the town of Brewer, thus taking 23,582 acres from the 37,304 acres 
comprised within the original township. The population of Orrington in 1810 was 1,341, and in 
1820, Orrington had 1,049 and Brewer had 734 inhabitants, making a total of 1,783, so that had 
not the division taken place, the former would still have been by far the most populous town in the 
county. The first post-office at Brewer Village was established in 1800, at which time there were 
but nine houses within three miles from that place. Colonel John Brewer was the first postmaster 
and held the office until 1830, by which time the population of Brewer had increased to 1,078. In 
1840, it was 1,736; in 1850, 2,628 ; in 1860, 2,835; in 1870, 3,214; in 1880, 3,170; and in 1890, 
4,193 ; the gain of more than 1,000 during the latter decade, forming a marked contrast to the loss 
of forty-four from 1870 to 1880, and showing that the old town has taken a new lease of life and is 
progressing rapidly as well as steadily. This is further shown by the great increase in the valua- 
tion of estates during the past decade, the 1880 census giving Brewer an estate valuation of $735,- 
169, while the figures for 1890 are $1,307,970. The comparatively small increase in the population 
from 1850 to 1860 is partially accounted for by the fact that a portion of the town was set apart 
during that decade to form the town of Holden, which was incorporated in April, 1852, and had a 
population of 804 in 1860. Brewer was incorporated as a city February 28, 1889, and the city 
charter was adopted March 11th of the same year. 

Brewer shares with Bangor in the advantages of the great Penobscot, with its facilities for 
ship-building, lumbering, navigation, ice harvesting, etc., and so largely have its advantages been 
availed of by the residents of Brewer that during some years more vessels have been launched here 
than at Bangor or any other place on the river. Of course, the decadence of wooden ship-building 
had a very injurious effect upon Brewer, it not only crippling the ship-building interests, but also 
many others more or less directly dependent upon them, but the progress of the town was only 
hindered, not stopped, for other industries have been substituted and all of these are generally 
prosperous, while the revival of ship-building of late years augurs well for Brewer's future, espec* 



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BREWER. 



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ially as some excellently equipped ship-yards may be found in the city. The manufacture of long 
and short lumber has long been a highly important local industry, some of Brewer's saw, planing 
and moulding mills being very extensive, and their machinery being of the most improved type ; 
and it is a noteworthy fact that a leading establishment of this kind is located on the original mill 
site utilized by Colonel Brewer. Brick-making is also largely engaged in, an apparently inexhausti- 
ble supply of clay of superior quality being available, and the facilities for the transportation of 
the finished product being such as to enable local manufacturers to compete successfully, even with 




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those who are considerably nearer a given market. The harvesting, storing and shipping of ice 
give employment to many, as do various manufacturers not yet enumerated, such as the making of 
boats, sails, leather, caariages, paper boxes, pulp, boots and shoes, clothing, brush woods[and 
broom handles, cooperage, harness, machine and smith work, kindling wood, etc. The manufac- 
turing possibilities of Brewer are capable of almost indefinite expansion, and the industries of the 
city are sure to develop very largely during the coming decade, if for no other reason than the ad- 
vantages gained by the electrical transmission of power from Veazie, some four miles up the river. 
When this system is perfected and Brewer's exceptional facilities for shipping even the bulkiest 
and heaviest products economically and in any required quantities are supplemented by the cheap, 
safe and reliable power it will give, there will be very few cities or townsjinJNew England offering 
equal advantages to manufacturers. 



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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BREWER. 



The mercantile interests of the city are varied, prosperous, and much more extensive than 
would naturally be expected considering the population of Brewer and the proximity of one of the 
chief trade centres of the state. The trouble saved by patronizing local stores has, of course, much 
to do with the generous support given to Brewer's merchants, but credit should also be given to 
their liberal policy, for the leading tradesmen of the city are both able and enterprising, and secure 
and hold custom by the sure but difficult method of giving unsurpassed value to buyers, and thus 
convincing the purchasing public that they can gain nothing by going outside the city for what 
supplies they may require. Practically every commodity in common use is obtainable at Brewer 
at favorable rates, and this is by no means the least of the advantages offered by the city as a place of 
residence. There are several church societies, good schools, and various fraternal organizations, 
among the latter being associations of the Odd Fellows, Patrons of Husbandry, Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, United Fellowship, Independent Order of Good Templars, Iron Hall and 
United Friends. Many residents of Brewer are connected also with societies which meet at Bangor, 
and in this and various other respects one living in Brewer enjoys the advantages of residence in a 
comparatively large city combined with those gained by living in a much smaller community. In 
fact, as was stated at the beginning of this sketch, the two cities are in many respects one, and as 
no person can gain an adequate idea of Brewer without careful consideration of Bangor's charac- 
teristics, so no one can appreciate the latter city until he has familiarized himself with the smaller 
but fully as enterprising community across the river. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN OF BREWER. 



HARLOW BROTHERS, Brewer, Me., Brick 
Block Centre St. If the comparative importance of a 
store is to be judged from its usefulness (and that seems 
as sensible a standard as can be adopted) then the es- 
tablishment conducted by Messrs. Harlow Brothers 
must be given a leading position so far as Brewer is con- 
cerned for there is not a more generally useful store in 
town, or one more popular, either. The premises 
occupied are in the Brick Block, or "Harlow Block," on 
Centre St., and comprise two floors and a basement, of 
the dimensions of 23x60 feet. They contain a very large 
stock but it is even more remarkable for its variety than 
for its magnitude, for it comprises not only full lines of 
Groceries, Provision, Hardware, etc., but also a large 
assortment of Doors, Sash and Blinds, Glass and Putty, 
Paints and Oils, Glazed Windows, Woodenware, Crock- 
ery, Powder, Cartridges, Shot, Caps, Cntlery, Clothes 
Wringers, Stoneware, etc., together with Flour, Corn, 
Meal, Middlings, Oats, Shorts. Cotton Seed Meal, Eock 
Salt, Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, Garden and Flower 
Seed, Grass Seed, Haying Tools, Farming Tools in general 
Fruits, Candies, Nats, Cigars and Tobacco and other 
articles to numerous to mention The firm buy and sell 
all kinds of country produce, and are prepared to 
furnish Live Bait at the lowest rates. Employment 
is given to three assistants, and orders are assured 
prompt and careful attention at all times- The business 
was founded in 1870 by Messrs. E. G. Harlow & Son, 
and in 1873 the present Arm was formed, the partners 
being Messrs. F. L. and C. A. Harlow. Both are too 
widely known hereabouts to render extended personal 
mention necessary, and we will simply add that they 
give the business close attention and maintain the ser- 
vice at the highest standard of efficiency. 



D. L. SAT AGE, Manufacturer and Retail 
Dealer in Stoves and Tinware ; Corner Center and Main 
Streets, Brewer, Me. It will probably surprise some 
of our readers to be told that the way to buy to the best 
advantage is to put entire confidence in the dealer you 
patronize, but nevertheless that is the fact, assuming 
of course that you deal with an honorable house, and if 
you don't, why. no rules and no advice can ensure you 
against imposition. Take it for instance in the matter 
of stoves, and see what you gain by confiding in the 
dealer, for example in Mr. D. L. Savage, who is a widely 
known manufacturer and dealer in Stoves and Tinware. 
Mr. Savage knows all about cooking and heating 
stoves — it is his business to have that knowledge, and as 
he thoroughly understands his business he thoroughly 
understands stoves, too. Obviously it is to his advan- 
tage to suit his customers, and so when one comes to 
him and makes known his wants and relies upon his 
advice, Mr. Savage is certainly going to do his best to 
provide a stove that will do excellent service under the 
conditions that it is to be used, that will be saving of 
fuel and give first-class satisfaction if properly used. He 
is prepared to quote bottom prices on stoves of all 
kinds, also on tinware and kitchen furnishings. Tin- 
smithing and general jobbing will be done in first-class 
style, at reasonable rates and at very short notice, em- 
ployment being given to three assistants. The 
premises made use of are located at corner of Center 
and Main Sts., and comprise a salesroom measuring 
28 x 34 feet and a shop of equal size, while a spacious 
store-hou3e is near by. 



BREWER DRY GOODS STORE, W. E. 
BUSS, 3 Farrington Block, Brewer, Maine. • " The 
Brewer Dry Goods Store," as the establishment located 
at Xo. 3 Farrington Block and carried on by Mr. W. E. 
Buss is called, certainly deserves its name for it is a truly 
representative dry goods store and enjoys a high degree 
of popularity, especially among those best acquainted 
with the characteristics of Brewer's mercantile establish- 
ments. Perhaps its most popular feature is the variety 
and desirability of the stock carried, — at all events it 
is a fact that the assortment of dry and fancy goods, 
notions, etc., is most skilfully made up, fully justifying 
the assertion that you can always find what you want in 
the line of table linen, napkins, towels, corsets, collars, 
cuffs, handkerchiefs, hamburgs, laces, buttons, and small 
wares in general, together with blankets, underwear, 
shirts, hosiery, gloves, Germautown worsteds, Scotch, 
Spanish, Saxony, Domestic and other yarns. Wool dress 
goods are also very largely represented in the stock, as are 
calicoes, prints and other fabrics, and the very latest pat- 
terns and most attractive designs are sure to be included 
in the assortment. Stamping will be done in first-class 
style at short notice, and laundry work will be received 
and delivered, Mr. Russ being agent for the Bangor 
Steam Laundrv- He is a very close buyer and quotes 
positively bottom prices on all the goods dealt in, as may 
easily be proved by comparing his goods and prices with 
those of other dealers. 



H. B. WASHBTJRX, House, Carriage and Sign 
Painting, a fine line of Room Papers, Borders and Ceil- 
ing Decorations, also, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, 
etc. Corner of Centre and Main Streets. Brewer, Me. 
Everybody knows that among artists, such as landscape, 
marine and portrait painters, there are all degrees of 
merit, some being wonderfully skilful while others turn 
out work that is simply abominable, but it does not seem 
to be as generally appreciated that the same condition of 
affairs exists among house, carriage and sign painters, 
many people assuming that " anybody can paint a 
house or a carriage " and placing all such painters on 
the same level. Yet that idea is palpably absurd, and it is 
absurd not only because some painters are more skilful 
than others but also because some are much more care- 
ful to use first-class stock and to see that all work en- 
trusted to th^m is faithfully and thoroughly done. It is 
largely because of his care in these respects that Mr. 
H. B. Washburn has built up so extensive and desirable 
a business since beginning operations in Brewer in 1879, 
and it is worthy of note that he is as careful now as 
ever, sparing no pains to fully maintain the high repu- 
tation so honestly won. He is a native of Orriugton, 
Maine, and is extremely well-known in social as well as 
in business circles. Orders for House, Carriage and 
Sign Painting, Paper Hanging and Frescoing and other 
Interior Decorating will- be executed in first class style 
at short notice, special attention being given to house 
and hall decorations, and estimates being promptly and 
cheerfully furnished on application. Mr. Washburn 
occupies spacious premises at the corner of Centre and 
Main sts., and carries a large and complete stock of 
Room Papers, Borders and Ceiling Decorations, Paints, 
Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, etc., the goods being of stand- 
ard quality and being sold at the lowest prevailing 
rates. 



92 REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN OF BREWER. 



CHABLESL. CABD, Dealer in Ladies, Gent's 
and Children's High Grade Footwear, Wilson Street, near 
the Ferry, Brewer Maine. The store carried on by Mr. 
Charles L. Card, and located on Wilson St., near the 
ferry is unique in one respect at least, it being the only 
store in Brewer devoted exclusively to the sale of Boots, 
Shoes, Bubbers, etc., As Mr. Card makes a specialty 
of footwear, and particularly of high-grade footwear, 
one naturally expects him to offer special inducements 
and that expectation will not be disappointed for he does 
offer special inducements, not only in styles and in prices 
but also in fit, for his stock is so large and complete 
that the most difficult fleet can be perfectly fitted, all 
the effect of a custom-made shoe being gained at a much 
smaller cost than that of custom work. Ladies', Gent's 
and Children's boots and shoes are dealt in every depart- 
ment of the stock being given careful attention, re- 
plenished with the latest novelties, and kept fresh and 
attractive at all times. Fancy or special lines such as 
Tennis Shoes, Bicycle Shoes, Base Ball Shoes etc., are 
offered in great variety at the proper season, and the 
goods are offered at low prices and in every instance 
guaranteed to prove just as represented. Mr. Card is a 
native of Connecticut, and has made many friends in 
Brewer and vicinity by his energetic and honorable 
methods. 

Miss A. C. PYE, Ice Cream Parlor, Brewer, 
Maine. There are some people who have a very simple 
way of telling whether a certain article of food is whole- 
some or not, for they are believers in the principle that 
whatever is extra palatable and delicious is correspond- 
ingly dangerous, so of course they frown upon such things 
as confectionery and ice-cream, and hold that even fruit 
is apt to prove very hurtful unless used with great care. 
The great majority of the people however are too sensi- 
ble to be frightened by the doleful sayings of the 
croakers, and it is conceded not only by the general 
public but also by physicians that ice-cream, — properly 
made from suitable materials — is not only harmless but 
beneficial. People have undoubtedly been made sick by 
eating certain kinds of ice-cream, just as they have been 
made sick by eating fish, meats and even vegetables, 
that either had something wrong about them in the first 
place or were improperly cooked, but nobody thinks of 
condemning all foods on that account, and very few are 
so foolish as to condemn all cream for even less reason. 
There is no possible question of the entire healthfulness 
and palatableness of the cream sold by Miss A. C. Pye, 
for instance, and the constantly increasing demand for 
it shows that the public are appreciative of its purity, 
fineness of flavor, and uniform merit. Miss Pye opened 
her Ice Cream Parlors on Wilson St., in 1889, and they 
are very popular throughout this vicinity, for not only 
is the cream of unusual excellence but the service is 
prompt and accurate and the charges are very moderate. 



Mits. M. J. HAYNES, Millinery, Dress and 
Cloak Making, Wilson Street, Brewer, Me. Economy is 
a virtue beyond a doubt, but the dividing line between 
true and false economy is so faintly drawn that it is 
frequently overlooked and the result is that some serious 
mistakes are made and what was meant for economy 
turns out to be extravagance, which is by no means 
pleasant when one has honestly tried to be prudent and 
saving. Some ladies can trim their own hats and 
bonnets, and make their own dresses, and save money 
by the operation, but there are many more who cannot, 
for either their time is too fully occupied, or they lack 
the taste and skill essential to the attainment of satis- 
factory results ; and millinery work that is not taste- 
fully done, and dresses that are ill fitting or not properly 
designed, are practically worthless, — that is so far as 
giving pleasure to the wearer is concerned. In the great 
majority of cases it pays to employ skilled assistance, 
and in this connection we may properly refer to the 



service offered by Mrs. M. J. Haynes, for she is an 
experienced and skilful Milliner, Dress and Cloak Maker, 
as many Brewer ladies have proved to their entire sat- 
isfaction since she began business here in 1889. Her 
store is on Wilson St., and is well fitted up; while em- 
ployment is given to 3 assistants so that orders can be 
filled at short notice. Mrs. Haynes is moderate in her 
prices both for material and for services, and she gives 
personal supervision to the filling of every order. She 
keeps thoroughly well informed concerning all the many 
details of her business, and her customers are given op- 
portunity to choose from the latest fashionable novelties. 



NICKEBSON & BAESTOW, Grocers, corner 
of Main and Wilson Street, Brewer, Maine. The firm of 
Nickerson & Barstow carry on operations on a large 
scale and deal in so great a variety of commodities that 
anything like a complete consideration of their business 
would exhaust our available space many times over. 
They deal in ship stores, Staple and Fancy Groceries 
Fresh and Salt Meats, with the best facilities for hand- 
ling it making it the best market in this vicinity, also 
Provisions, Flour, Grain and Feed, Paints and oils, i Ame, 
Cement and Hair, besides other articles of less importance 
and as may naturally be supposed they carry a very, 
heavy stock, necessitating the occupancy of extremely 
spacious quarters, located at the corner of Main and 
Wilson Sts., and including a main store measuring 30x 
50 feet, and two large warehouses in the rear. This busi- 
ness was founded by Messrs. King & Nickerson in 1880, 
passed under the control of Messrs. A. H. King& Co., 
in 1882, and in 1889 came into the possession of the pre- 
sent firm, constituted of Messrs. F. H. Nickerson and 
W. B. Barstow, neither of whom need introduction to 
our Brewer readers. They give close personal attention 
to the many details of the business, and as adequate assis- 
tance is employed, orders are assured prompt and ac- 
curate filling, while bottom rates are quoted to both 
large and small buyers, Goods being delivered free in 
either city. This is a truly representative enterprise and 
well deserves the high degree of success which has at- 
tended it. 



BISBEE B. MEEEILL, Apothecary, Brewer, 
Maine. Among the many stories current relating to 
Abraham Lincoln, or " Honest Abe," as the mass of the 
people delight to call him, is one which tells how a cer- 
tain officer was very highly recommended to him for 
advancement. The officer's friends called upon the pres- 
ident and warmly eulogized their man, saying that he 
was a West Point graduate, a man of energy, possessed 
of exceptional ability, etc., and when they finished, 
Lincoln remarked, " that is all very well, gentlemen, 
and I am glad to learn that your man is well educated, 
energetic and determined but what I want to know is, 
can he fight?" One feels tempted to ask a somewhat 
similar question concerning some of the drug stores that 
are praised for the size and variety of the stock they 
contain, the perfection of their equipments, etc., for as 
it is the main business of a druggist to compound pre- 
scriptions, and no elegance of equipment or magnitude 
of stock can atone for remissness in that duty, hence in 
making mention of the establishment carried on by Mr. 
Bisbee B. Merrill, at the corner of Main and Centre Sts., 
let us first of all say that this is as reliable a pharmacy 
as the State can show, the compounding of prescriptions 
being given special attention and the work being done 
skilfully, carefully, promptly and at moderate rates. 
Mr. Merrill is a native of Brewer, and opened his present 
establishment in 1886. He utilizes 2 floors and a base- 
ment, each 20x50 feet in size, and carries a very heavy 
and complete stock, not only of drugs, medicines and 
chemicals, but also of toilet and fancy articles, druggists' 
sundries, cigars, etc. 



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A. G. EAY, dealer in Dry and Fancy Goods. 
Wilson Street, near Ferry, Brewer, Me. Yachtsmen have 
a saying, " Every boat sails fast when she sails alone," 
and on the same principle, every store is attractive 
and well managed if there is no better one near by to 
compare it with, but with stores as with boats competi- 
tion is necessary in order to determine relative merit, 
and the more close the competition the more surety there 
is that the decision reached will be just and correct. 
Therefore the high standing of the establishment carried 
on by Mr. A. G. Ray is thoroughly well-deserved for 
certainly competition is close enough in the Dry and 
Fancy Goods business hereabouts to find out the true 
merits of a store devoted to that line of trade, Mr. 
Ray having to compete with the Bangor houses as well 
as with those in Brewer. The large trade he has built 
up since beginning operations in 1889, shows what the 
public think of the inducements he offers, and it is a 
fact that these are unsurpassed in this vicinity for his 
stock is large and varied, always comprises the latest 
fashionable novelties and is made up of goods which are 
guaranteed to prove as represented ; his prices are 
uniformly low and callers are sure of receiving prompt 
and polite attention. The store is located on Main st., 
near the Ferry, and has an area of 1500 square feet. 



M. E. MALING & CO., Fruit, Confectionery 
and Ice Cream Parlors, corner Main and Church Streets, 
Brewer, Maine. This enterprise, though recently estab- 
lished seems to have been launched upon a prosperous 
wave, or at a most propitious time and in a most fortu- 
nate manner, its success has been assured from the start, 
for it has met with a generous patronage and encourage- 
ment most gratifying to its promoters, who are more 
than ever determined to render the public a service that 
might be characterized by the motto " not how cheap, 
but how good." They deal in foreign and domestic 
fruit, confectionery and full line of penny goods, tobac- 
co and fine cigars. A specialty is made of domestic 
bread and pastry. Hot rolls being furnished every after- 
noon. The best of Ice Cream is made on the premises 
and furnished by the plate, or in any desired quantity 
to families or parties. Their Ice Cream and lunch parlor 
is becoming one of the pleasant resorts of the city for 
you can obtain here a most tempting lunch at all hours 
and the service is very prompt and obliging for Mr. and 
Mrs. Maling give their personal attention to the details 
of their business. They are constantly adding to their 
stock such goods as the local trade may demand. 



ATER & VICKERY, General Merchandise, 
South Brewer. As a general thing, in the long run, 
the judgment of the public is almost sure to be correct 
and therefore if an individual, a corporation, a business 
firm, or a business enterprise is popular after sufficient 
time has been given to truly test its merits the chances 
are that it fully deserves its popularity. So it is with the 
enterprise carried on by Messrs. Ayer & Vickery. This 
was founded by Mr. J. S . Ayer some years ago, the present 
firm having been formed in 1891. Ample time has been 
given to demonstrate the merits of the undertaking since 
Mr. Ayer established it, and it has become popular be- 
cause it has proved itself fully worthy of wide populari- 
ty. The firm deal in Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Dry 
Goods, Notions, etc., carry a heavy stock, sell all goods 
strictly on their merits, quote bottom prices, and give 
equally prompt and courteous attention to large and 
small buyers. Therefore they deserve success, and it is 
pleasant to favorably mention an enterprise managed on 
such principles. They occupy 2 floors of the Ayer 
building, on the east side of Main St., South Brewer, 
each floor being 20x100 feet in dimensions. Adequate 
assistance is employed and orders are filled carefully, 
accurately and at very short notice. 



ARTHUR Y. ROGERS, Manufacturer of 
Calf and Kip Driving Boots and Shoes, Wilson Strett, 
near the Ferry, Brewer, Me., The business carried on 
by Arthur Y. Rogers was founded by Messrs. E. Batch- 
elor & Co., who were succeeded in 188S by Messrs. 
Chapin & Rogers, they giving place to the present pro- 
prietor in 1891. He is a native of Orrington, Maine, and 
has many friends in Brewer and vicinity both in busi- 
and social circles, his straightforward and enterprising 
methods exciting much favorable comment among those 
who appreciate energy and fair dealing. Mr. Rogers is a 
manufacturer of and dealer in Calf and Kip Driving 
Boots and Shoes, and occupies a good-sized and well- 
equipped store and shop located on Wilson St., near the 
Ferry. He carries a good stock, including a fine line of 
Men's and Boys' Rubber Goods and a full assortment of 
seasonable footwear, and quotes positively bottom prices 
on all the articles dealt in, while guaranteeing them to 
prove precisely as represented. Employment is given 
to two assistants, and every detail of the work done at 
this shop is carried out under careful supervision, the 
result being that the productions are noted for their uni- 
form and superior excellence, they comparing favorably 
with all others of a similar kind in the market. 



Mrs. A. H. GIVEN", Fashionable Millinery, 
Center Street, Brewer, Maine. There are certain stock 
subjects on which newspaper " funny news " depend for 
material for nearly all of their jokes, and prominent 
among these subjects is the exorbitant price of millinery. 
If we were to believe the jokes we would be convinced 
that the merest scrap of straw or of velvet combined 
with a feather or two, a bunch of flowers or some other 
trimmings is sold at any figure from ten to twenty-five 
dollars, according to the standing of the milliner and 
the wealth of the purchaser, the matter of intrinsic 
value not entering into the question at all, but we know 
that our "funnymen" are given to exaggeration and 
therefore we take their words with many grains of salt. 
But there is no smoke without some fire, and these hu- 
morous accusations of charging unreasonable prices 
would have no point were it not for the fact that some 
milliners are exorbitant in their charges, and hence we 
may be doing some of our readers a service in calling 
attention to the establishment conducted by Mrs. A. H. 
Given on Center Street, for this is a strictly first-class 
fashionable millinery store and yet the prices quoted on 
custom work, on trimmed and untrimmed hats and bon- 
nets, and on millinery goods in general are uniformly 
moderate. Mrs. Given formerly conducted this business 
in millinery parlors elsewhere in this city but bought 
out this present establishment in the Spring of 1891, 
succeeding Mrs. H. L. Gibson. Its success was prompt 
and pronounced and has steadily continued, the store 
being very generally known as the headquarters for the 
latest fashions, and also a place where all orders are as- 
sured prompt, careful and skilful attention. Employ- 
ment is given to 3 assistants and all work is done under 
the personal supervision of the proprietress. 

In Rooms in Rear of Mrs. H. L. Given's 
Millinery Store, 

Fashionable Dressmaking 

Is carried on by ^ 

Miss EVA L. GIBSON. :e 

Work promptly done in a thorough and fashionable 
style. 

PRICES MODERATE. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN OF BREWER. 



SARGENT & HEEEICK, dealers in Groceries, 
Corn, Flour, Meal, Ship, Stores, etc. Goods delivered 
free. Telephone connection. South Brewer, Me. If 
suddenly called upon to define the word "groceries" 
almost any person would hesitate before answering, for 
such an enormous variety of goods is included in this 
general title, that it must seem as if any short definition 
would fail to properly describe its meaning. A visit to 
a well-stocked grocery store will serve to show better 
than any words can the scope of the grocer's trade and 
a fine sample of a first-class establishment of this kind 
is the store carried on by Messrs. Sargent & Herrick, on 
Main St., South Brewer. The premises utilized are 50 
feet square, and not an inch of available space is left 
unoccupied, for the firm believe in carrying a stock 
sufficiently large and sufficiently varied to permit of all 
tastes being suited and all orders filled without delay, 
and as the business is extensive it is absolutely necessary 
to carry a very heavy stock in order to carry this belief 
into practice. Groceries of all kinds, Corn, Flour, Meal, 
Ship Stores, etc., are represented in the stock, a com- 
plete catalogue of which would occupy pages of print. 
The store has telephone connection, employment is given 
to 2 assistants, and goods are delivered free, while the 
prices quoted are as low as the lowest. The firm began 
operations in 1885 and is constituted of Messrs. Albert 
P. Sargent and S. S. Herrick, both of whom are natives 
of Maine. 



BEE WEE LAUJSTDEY, Wilson Street, near 
the Ferry, Brewer. Gentlemen's Garments Cleansed 
and Pressed. F. A. Holt, Proprietor. The time was, and 
not so very long ago either, when a genuine New Eng- 
land housekeeper would have no more thought of 
having the family washing and ironing done at a public 
laundry than she would have thought of having the 
family food furnished from a hotel, but the world moves 
and even the most conservative persons are beginning to 
admit that there are many and solid advantages gained 
by making use of the facilities offered by public laundries. 
The extra expense of so doing is more a matter of im- 
agination than of fact, for to do washing and ironing at 
home requires time, fuel, soap and starch, and all 
these things cost money although most advocates of 
home washing ignore that fact when they talk about the 
"extravagance" of patronizing the public establish- 
ments. The scale of prices at the Brewer Laundry is 
very reasonable and the work is far better done than is 
the case at 9 houses out of 10, while the injury to gar- 
ments is even less, as the pieces are carefully handled 
and the work is done by hand and with the aid of facil- 
ities such as no family have. This Laundry was opened 
by Mr. F. A. Holt, in 1890, and has evidently " come to 
stay " for it is an established favorite and is steadily in- 
creasing its operations. It is located on Wilson st., 
near the Ferry, and is fitted up with the latest facilities 
for the doing of laundry work and also for the cleansing 
and pressing of gentlemen's garments. Mr. Holt gives 
personal supervision to the carrying out of every order 
and proposes to fully maintain the high reputation 
already won. 



E. 1ST. EOWE, Confectionery, Cigars, etc., 
Center Street, Brewer, Maine. Nearly everybody has a 
sweet-tooth, and in fact a pronounced fondness for sweets 
and candies and it is a pretty sure sign of health and of 
appetite, although that fact seems to be entirely forgot- 
ten by those who hold that confectionery is ruinous to 
the digestion, spoils the teeth, and does other shocking 
things too numerous to mention, well, it is said everyone 
must have a hobby, and so perhaps, those who are so 
bitterly opposed to confectionery are excusable, but it is 
hard to see how any person having even a little common 
sense can hold such extreme views, for proofs of their 
incorrectness may be seen on every side. But as we have 



said nearly everybody is more or less fond of candy, and 
therefore nearly everybody, at least among those living 
in Brewer, is interested in the store carried on by Mr. E. 
N. Eowe, for that is devoted to the sale of confectionery, 
and a good assortment of the most popular varieties is 
always in stock. Mr. Rowe deals also in fruits, cigars, 
tobacco, etc., so it will he seen that he is prepared to 
suit all tastes, and the popularity of his store indicates 
that the public are well aware of the fact. It is located 
on Center Street, and has an area of 1250 square feet; 
so that ample room is afforded for the accommodation of 
a desirable stock, competent assistance is employed, and 
the prompt and polite attention given to callers has 
much to do with the popularity of the establisment. 



A. G. CAEVEE & SON, Boots, Shoes, Hats, 
Caps, clothing and Furnishings, 98 Main Street, Brewer. 
The ladies are generally so fond of " shopping" that it 
is one of their chief amusements but men, as a rule, take 
an opposite view of the matter and consider shopping a 
nuisance which is unavoidable but is to be got through 
with as quickly and easily as possible. Hence such a 
store as that carried on by Messrs. A. G. Carver <fc Son, is 
is bound to be popular if for no other reason than that the 
stock it contains is so large and varied that a man can buy 
an entire out fit without dealing with any other firm. But 
there are other and important reasons for the popularity 
of this establishment, the prices being uniformly as low 
as the lowest, the goods being in every instance guar- 
anteed to prove as represented, and the service being 
prompt, polite and intelligent as the proprietors give 
personal attention to callers. They guarantee satisfac- 
tion and will refund money to those who desire it, for 
Messrs. A. G. Carver & Son hold that a dissatisfied 
customer is something that no reputable concern should 
send away if it can be honorably avoided; and they 
propose to avoid it, first by representing things just as 
they are and by quoting bottom prices, and second by 
cheerfully correcting any mistakes, and finally by re- 
funding money if demanded. They deal in Boots and 
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Rubbers, Clothing and Gents' Fur- 
nishing Goods ; their stock comprises the latest fashion- 
able novelties and a call at their store, No. 98 Main st., 
is sure to prove both pleasant and profitable. 



F. W. DOANE & CO., dealers in Groceries, 
Flour, Provisions, Ship Stores, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruit, 
Dry Goods, «Boots, Shoes, Hardware, etc., South 
Brewer, Maine. The store carried on by Messrs. F. W. 
Doane & Co., at the corner of Elm and Main sts., South 
Brewer, ranks among the most popular in town and in 
fact so popular is it that if a stranger asks where he had 
better buy a certain thing, the chances are he will be 
advised to go to this establishment, and it is a surety 
that he will be satisfied if he goes there, for he will 
receive prompt and careful attention, be furnished with 
reliable goods and be charged bottom rates, — and that 
combination certainly ought to satisfy anybody. No 
matter what you want you can probably buy it of 
Doane & Co., for his is a "general store "in the full 
sense of the term and an immense and wonderfully 
varied stock is constantly carried. It includes Groceries, 
Flour, Provisions, Ship Stores, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruit, 
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Farming Tools, 
Meat Market, and other goods too numerous to mention, 
so that all tastes and all purses can be suited. Employ- 
ment is given to 3 assistants, and goods will be delivered 
free, both large and small orders being given equally 
careful attention. Mr. Doane is a native of Orrington, 
Maine, and was formerly of the firm of Doane & West- 
cott, but during the past four years he has had sole 
control of the business until June of the current year 
when Mr. W. A. Doane was admitted under the present 
firm style. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN OF BREWER. 



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DB. 0. A. MEBEILL, Dentist, Brewer, Me.; 
office over Young &Boden's, Main Street, Brewer ; res- 
idence, 34 Center Street. "Out of sight, out of mind," 
goes the old saying, and there is a good deal of truth in 
it, too, for the great majority of us cannot seem to bear 
in mind the importance of happenings that do not occur 
before our eyes. We may read of twenty lives being 
lost by a railway accident in the West, and we do not 
feel half so much concerned as we would should we see 
one man break his arm, and the same principle applies 
to our own welfare, for we allow our teeth to decay 
and become useless and worse than useless without any 
special concern, while if a finger or any other part that 
we can plainly see should show the least signs of decay 
or ache badly we would attend to the matter at once and 
spare no expense to have it remedied. Yet the teeth 
have highly important duties to perform, and any seri- 
ous injury to them may easily have a very bad effect up- 
on the general health, as well as cause pain and incon- 
venience. Decay of the teeth can easily be arrested, 
and even badly decayed teeth may be made to last for 
years by proper treatment, but of course it is better to 
prevent excessive decay than to repair it, and as the first 
evidences of decay of the teeth are generally to be _ dis- 
covered only by careful and expert examination, it is 
well to have a competent dentist look over your teeth 
occasionally, whether they trouble you any or not. In 
this connection it is pertinent to call attention to the 
service rendered by Dr. C. A. Merrill, for he offers free 
examinations and specially invites parents to call with 
their children that he may look over the latters' teeth, 
for with children above all it is highly important that 
decay should be stopped in the beginning. Dr. Merrill 
is prepared to treat badly decayed teeth, to fill them 
with gold or any of the soft or plastic fillings, so that 
they will do good service for years : and he is also pre- 
pared to insert artificial teeth on any base desired, guar- 
anteeing a perfect fit and refunding money if he fails to 
succeed. Teeth will be extracted without pain, and all 
work is swiftly, gently and thoroughly done, moderate 
charges being made in every department of dentistry. 
Dr. Merrill has been located in Brewer since 1890, and 
has already built up a high reputation for skill and reli- 
ability. 

H. C. CLAPP, Groceries, Provisions, and 
Country Produce ; No 2 Penobscot Square, Brewer, Me. 
It is claimed by those who have studied the question of 
living in the United States, that one- half the earnings 
of the average person are expended for food, more thus 
being spent for food than for any other one thing, and 
hence it is obvious that one who knows how to buy food 
to the best advantage is far advanced in the art of 
economical living — and by "economical living'' we 
mean getting the maximum amount of good and enjoy- 
ment out of life, for that is true economy, as nothing 
then is wasted. Therefore we may help some of our 
readers to attain greater economy than they otherwise 
would, by calling their attention to the service offered 
by Mr. H. C. Clapp, as he deals largely in food supplies, 
handles first-class goods and quotes bottom prices, so 
that every patron is sure of getting the full worth of his 
money. The premises utilized comprise three floors and 
a basement, and are located at No. 2 Penobscot Sq., 
goods being delivered anywhere in the city limits free of 
charge. The stock includes full lines of Groceries, Pro- 
visions, Flour, Teas and Coffees, and Mr. Clapp also 
deals largely in Country Produce, his assortment being 
always fresh and attractive. He has had sole control 
of the business since the first of the current year, and 
prior to that time carried it on in connection with Mr. 
P. H. Bunker. Employment is given to three assist- 
ants, and although a large business is done the service 
is always prompt and every order is assured careful att- 
ention. 



G. A. H. HINMAN, Livery, Boarding and 
Sale Stable, corner Main and Wilson Streets, Brewer, 
Maine. There are so many beautiful drives in Brewer and 
vicinity that there is no need of calling the attention of 
Summer visitors and other strangers to them, for they 
cannot be overlooked by the least observing person, and 
hence it is natural there should be an active demand for 
livery teams, not only from visitors, but also from resi- 
dents who have no teams of their own. The latter class, 
being well acquainted with local affairs, need not be told 
of the excellence of the accommodations offered by Mr. 
G. A. H. Hinman, at his spacious stable, corner of Main 
and Wilson Streets, but we take pleasure in recommend- 
ing this establishment to visitors, feeling confident that 
the service it affords is sure to satisfy every reasonable 
patron. The enterprise was inaugurated in 1888 by 
Messrs. A. H. Hinman & Co., the present proprietors, 
assuming sole control in 1891. A livery, boarding and 
sale business is carried on ; first-class teams being fur- 
nished at short notice and at reasonable prices ; horses 
taken to board and assured comfortable quarters and 
good and sufficient food, and horses being sold under a 
full guarantee that they will prove just as represented. 



MISS E. M. JONES, Millinery, Center St., 
Brewer, Me. But a comparatively short time has 
passed since Miss E. M. Jones opened a millinery and fan- 
cy goods store in this town, she having begun operations 
in 18S9, but the enterprise is already firmly established 
and holds a high comparative position among others of 
a kindred nature located in this section. This prompt 
and decided success is due to a variety of causes, but 
chiefly to the fact that the service afforded combines 
such genuine and pronounced advantages as to com- 
mend it to the best- informed patrons. Miss Jones had 
had long and varied experience in some of the best 
establishments in Bangor prior to founding her present 
undertaking, and hence avoided the mistakes sure to 
arise from inexperience, and catered successfully to the 
most critical trade from the beginning. The very latest 
novelties in fashionable millinery and fancy goods are 
always to be found at her store, which is located on 
Centre street, opposite Farrington Block, and is very 
neatly fitted up. Personal attention is given to all 
work, and two competent assistants are employed. Orders 
can be filled at short notice and at low prices. 

FBANK DUBGIN, Dealer in Fine Harnesses, 
Horse Collars, Whips, etc. ; Special Attention given to 
Repairing ; Holyoke Square, Brewer, Me. Considering 
the many wonderful things that have been accomplished 
of late years, and the industry, genius and perseverance 
of our inventors, it is hardly reasonable to pronounce 
anything impossible, but it is safe to say that it always 
will be impossible to make something out of nothing, 
and yet that is scarcely more difficult than to make first- 
class harnesses out of second-class materials. Some 
manufacturers may try to do that but they fail every 
time, and it is as true now as ever that good stock is in- 
dispensable to the making of good harness. Mr. Frank 
Durgin appreciates that fact and uses nothing but oak 
stock in the making and repairing of driving and work- 
ing harnesses, the result being that his work is strong 
and durable as well as neat, and is sure to prove 
the cheapest in the long run. Mr. Durgin is a native of 
Bangor, and has had a long and varied experience as a 
harness maker and repairer. He deals in Fine Harnes- 
ses, Horse Collars, Whips, Robes, Blankets, Harness 
Oils and Soaps, Combs, Brushes and Horse Furnishings 
of all kinds, carrying a large stock and quoting bottom 
prices ; but he makes a specialty of repairing, and can 
fill orders at very short notice as well as at uniformly 
moderate rates. His shop is in Holyoke Sq., and is 
fitted up with all necessary facilities. 



INDEX TO NOTICES. 



Attorneys. 

Archer, S- C • • „ 

Chapman, A.J- ^ » — 

Kenduskeag National Bank 49 

Second National Bank . . • ■ • « 

Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. 

Arnold, J. M., Shoe Co 81 

Rogers, Arthur^. • . - » 

Adams Brothers <jj 

Card, Charles L. 

Carver, A. G. & Son 94 

Conners, Edw °» 

Crowell, Jason A... |* 

Hutchins, G. A. & Co 50 

Jones, Chas. J • • • ■ 60 

Booksellers and Stationers. 

Bugbee, David & Co 48 

Hight, Charles " \ • 7 

West Side News Co. (J. E. Dolan) 53 

Coal and Wood. 

Bacon & Kobinson Co 37 

Bangor Wood Co *f 

Babcock, A. H....... " 

Cummings, F. A. & Son 63 

Harriman, J. W 

Hincks&Co •••• « 

Woodman, J. F. & Co............. 43 

Confectionery and Ice Cream. 

Fox & Co • J* 

Maling, M. E. & Co 93 

McNamara, P. H 43 

Pye, A. C, Miss. »j 

Rowe,E. N ••••• 94 

Crockery and Glassware. 

Greeley, J. P.-- ** 

Vose P. H. & Co 60 

Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturers. 

Huskins& Sears.... 81 

Thorns, C.F.&H.B....... 3 

Druggists. 

Chick & Haynes 79 

Fowler, Chas. A - 

Merrill, B. B 92 

Miller, H. 45 

SDra^ue F E 01 

Dry and Fancy Goods — Jobbers and 
Wholesalers. 

Crosby & Dwinel 81 

Emerson & Adams 4Z 

Wheelwright, Clark & Co. (clothing) 34 

Dry and Fancy Goods. 

Brewer Dry Goods Store 91 

Ray, A. G ""-A"; 93 

^ BJ, j Dentists. 

Merrill, C. A f 

Morev T. Prescott >>' 

Flour, Feed, Hay and Grain. 

Chick, Edwin & Co 39 

Fisher & Crocker 46 

Hopkins, A. R...- 

Seiand c.r.&co 5 6 ? 

Krfot Sp'ratt & Greefy! 59 

Whitney & Cameron 44 

Whitney «. 0ysterg> 

p n ^V::::::::::::""""""""» 11 

Lewis. ( j rocer i es an d Provisions. 

I^^j^Vco:::::::::::::::::::::::: £ 

Barrett, J. C.« w> ^ 

Se^te/nialimericanTeaCo 49 

Crocker, J. & Co 37 

CoUins Brothers 72 

§Sy j^'^son:::::::::::::::::::::: « 

^n^."^c-'-::::::::::::-:::: f 

Fickett&Nason. 45 

Farrington, G. S. & Co 44 

Glass & Thompson 48 

S'^-ifins Arthur L 73 

HaUFredT.&Co 81 

lirkpatrick & Jameson 67 

Leonard, f-™-- ». 

S^^;;:::::::::::::::::::: S 

^ fe^:::-::::::::::::::: S 

^^^== I 

To otbaKer, TJ W. 53 

Whitman N- w 

We3 cott,Geo. i 



Grocers— Wholesale. 

Bragg, Cummings & Co 54 

Gallagher & Garland 51 

Ladd, Geo. W .■ 52 

Thurston & Kingsbury 36 

Walker, J. G. & Co 44 

@q General Stores. 

Ayer & "Viekery 93 

Doane, F. W. & Co 94 

Harlow Brothers 91 

Hotels and Restaurants. 

Farmer's Home 83 

Hathorn, R. A., Mrs 63 

O'Donohue & Kelley 57 

Penobscot Exchange 65 

Harness Manufacturers. 

Durgin, Frank 95 

Gould, D. C 70 

Madden, M. J 59 

Rogers, A. P 55 

Hardware, Paints and Oils. 

Bragg, N. H. & Sous 38 

McLaughlin, Henry 49 

Rice & Miller 77 

Haynes. Pillsbury & Co 82 

Insurance and Keal Estate. 

Bradford, W. H , 42 

Bangor Mutual Fire Insurance Co 78 

Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. (H. N. Fair- 
banks) 40 

Curran, W. F 52 

Kimball, John S. & Son 35 

Merchant's Insurance Co 77 

Equitable Life Assurance Society (Park 

Brothers) 85 

Pearl, Chas. S 66 

York Mutual Aid Ass'n (D. N. Hathorne). . 76 
Ice Dealers. 

Bangor Ice Co.. .. 41 

Lord, Henry & Co 46 

M'Conville, Pierre 54 

Jewelers. 

Edmunds, W. H 83 

Ingalls, E. G 81 

Owen, Fred H 62 

Pfaff, Adolph 80 

Lumber Dealers. 

Ayer, F. W. &Co 37 

Andrews. H. F 67 

Dole & Fogg Co 70 

Gould & Hastings 59 

Ladd, Geo. W..... 52 

M'Conville, Pierre 54 

Pearson, W. T. & Co 33 

Strickland, L. & F H 35 

Stetson, Cutler & Co 45 

Small, C. J. & Co 69 

Thatcher, B. B 79 

Walker, James & Co ... 46 

Livery and Sale Stables. 

Brown & Dillingham 84 

Burrill, John A 57 

Brackett, M. F 62 

Cobb, W. E 66 

Franklin Stable Co. (C. Jones) 1 42 

Getchell. A. S. & Co 68 

Hinman, G. A. H 95 

McGregor, W. D. & Son 53 

Nichols, Lemuel 69 

Sweet, Henry 61 

Willey, M. & Son 71 

Wheelden, Albert 72 

Laundries. 

Bangor Steam Laundry 72 

Brewer Laundry 94 

White Star Steam Laundry 55 

Marble and Granite. 

Crockett, I. A. & Co 74 

Fogg, Ambrose 69 

Fletcher & Butterfield 65 

Jones, T. A. & Jewell Granite Co 38 

Shepley, A. C. & C. F 61 

Millinery, Dressmaking and Fancy 
Goods. 

Patten, Oscar F. (wholesale millinery) 45 

Coffin, C. W 71 

Farrell, C. & Co 69 

Fellows, M. E., Miss 38 

Given, A. H., Mrs 93 

Gibson, Eva L 93 

Haynes, M. J., Mrs 92 

Jones, E. M., Miss 95 

Quinn, F.,Mrs 42 

Smyth & Scott 55 

Hamm, Rufus, Mrs. (art needle work).... 84 



Meats— Jobbers and Wholesalers. 

Armour & Co 44 

Bangor Beef Co 80 

Rice, C. H 48 

Manufacturers . 

Andrews, Dexter (oars and paddles) 54 

Bangor Foundry and Machine Co 33 

Pattison & Eldredge (corn brooms) 45 

Bangor Edge Tool Co. (machinists) 68 

Cassidy, T. F. (cant-dogs and ice tools).... 39 

Collett, Job (files) 69 

Dole & Fogg Co. (mouldings, etc.) 70 

Earle, W. H. (Stencils and rubber stamps) 78 

Finnegan, J. P. (crackers) 47 

Gerrish, E. H. (boats and canoes) 36 

Hinckley & Egery Iron Co 34 

Pressey, C. D. (paper boxes) 62 

Wallis, J. A. (mineral waters) 57 

Wood, Bishop & Co. (founders) 64 

Wharff, J. Henry (furniture) 73 

Miscellaneous. 

Andrews, M. H. & Co. (pianos and organs) 56 

Allen & Harriman (detectives) 49 

Billings, A. H., Mrs. (hair work) 64 

Crocker, H. H. (loans office) 41 

Cutter, Willard & Son (contractors and 

builders) 72 

Files Bakery 55 

Greeley, J. P. (5 and 10 cent goods) 38 

Giddings, P. W. (carriage painter) 66 

Gould, W. B. (cigars and tobacco) 84 

Harrigan & Hackett (upholsterers) 45 

McCormick, J. (clothes cleaned and 

repaired) , 58 

Maine Art Co. (novelties) 67 

Oakes & Chandler (furniture) 36 

Savage, A. E. (compound vapor baths).... 78 

Tyler & Conant (agricultural implements) 60 

Taylor, Abner (mill furnishings, saws, etc.) 71 

Wasgatt, 0. E. (teacher of violin) 54 

Plumbers and Steam Fitters. 

Leighton, Davenport & Co 46 

Pritchard & Fairbanks 58 

Patent Medicines. 

Barrett, J. C. & Co. (eastrine) 68 

Chick & Haynes (sure cure cholera 

remedy) 79 

Collett, Job (electrine) 59 

Photographers . 

Dole, A. K 37 

Marston, C. L 80 

Painters and Paper Hangers. 

Dyer, M 67 

Palmer, Arthur 65 

Severance, W. H. 35 

Thurston & Morgan 50 

Washburn, H. B 91 

Ship Brokers. 

Lord, Henry & Co 46 

M'Conville, Pierre 54 

Sail Makers. 

Berry & Smith 64 

Currier & Hook 61 

Pearson, S. T. & Co 53 

Sporting Goods. 

Holt & Morrill 80 

Jenness, Thos. & Son .... 75 

Ship Chandlery. 

Hopkins, A. L 73 

Nealley & Co 41 

Stoves and Ranges — Manufacturers 

and Dealers. 
Clement & Brown Manufacturing Co. 50 

Pritchard & Fairbanks 58 

Semple, J 66 

Savage, D. L 91 

Thompson & Cosmey 57 

Wood, Bishop & Co 64 

Tailors and Clothiers. 

Bradford, A. P. & Co 79 

Carver, A. G. & Son 

Fernald&Co 63 

Hooper, J. W 62 

Levey, Meyer M. 52 

Pullen, F. D. &Co... 44 

Robinson, James A. & Son 83 

Ward, C. F 74 

Taxidermists. 

Crosby, S. L. & Co 39 

Holt & Morrill 80 

Undertakers . 

Clayton, W. Z. (wholesale) 62 

Hunt, Abel 60 

Tebbets, W. O 58 



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